The Dunciad Quizzes

The Dunciad Quiz: Book 1

1 Which of these is NOT a title used to refer to Dulness?

Daughter of Chaos and Eternal Night

Great Mother

Saturnian Queen

Mighty Mother
2 What specific geographic region does Pope give the most attention to?

Whitehall

Newcastle

Greece

Smithfield
3 What is the name of the poet laureate whose death Dulness announces?

Caxton

Thorold

Eusden

Molière
4 Which of these is NOT one of the four guardian Virtues that support Dulness?

Valiance

Poetic Justice

Fortitude

Prudence
5 What does Bayes claim a Dæmon made him do?

Write poorly about Dulness

Give up writing

Critique Pope

Use common sense
6 What symbol marks Bayes' coronation as King of Dulness?

A sheet of Thule

A fire

A fog

Dulness' bird
7 What is the poetic genre of The Dunciad?

Epic

Mock Heroic

Free Verse

Sonnet
8 What does Dulness use to put out Bayes' fire?

Water from the river Styx

Her great fog

Sheet of Thule

Her tears
9 Which of these is NOT one of the fields Bayes considers turning to should he give up writing?

the Church

Gaming

Tutoring

Party-Writing
10 What does Bayes make in this book?

A printing press for printing Dulness' works

An altar for sacrificing

A pen after the Dæmon stole his

A throne for him to sit upon as King
11 What covers Dulness' face?

A mask

A silk veil

Fog

Darkness
12 Which of these is NOT a name used to refer to Bayes?

Ogilby

King Colley

King Log

Cibber
13 Who does NOT call those Pope is critiquing to their work?

Dulness

Jove

Britannia

Fate
14 What makes up the foundation of Bayes' offering?

A folio of all of his works

Twelve volumes of amplest size

A Birth-day Ode

The classics of an age
15 What basic poetic structure is The Dunciad composed of?

Sextets

Tercets

Stanzas

Rhyming Couplets
16 Under Dulness, what does Pope say happens between Prologues and Prefaces, Tragedy and Comedy, and Epics and Farces?

They fight one another

They have nothing to do with each other

They care for one another

They blend into one another
17 On what day does Dulness select Bayes to be her instrument?

May Day

Bayes' Birth-Day

Hera Day

The evening of Lord Mayor's Day
18 Who does Bayes NOT claim to have plaigarized from?

Fletcher

Shakespeare

Molière

Dennis
19 Bayes says he is inspired by both Dulness and who else?

Emptiness

Eloquence

Criticism

Wisdom
20 Dulness says she was once called another name. What is it?

Genius

Sloth

Wittiness

Pertness
21 What does Dulness anoint Bayes with?

Oil

Ink

Opium

Holy Water
22 Pope refers to the influence of all of these countries EXCEPT...

France

Germany

Greece

Egypt
23 What is one thing Dulness cannot do?

Appoint the Successor to the Poet Laureate

Conquer Britain

Die

Fly
24 Dulness sees a "Mob of" what advance?

Metaphors

Mysteries

Similes

Writers
25 Which of these does Pope NOT mark as a form of writing plagued so often by Dulness?

Novels

Magazines

Miscellanies

Merceries

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