The Dunciad Quizzes

The Dunciad Quiz: Book 1

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

Saturnian Queen

Mighty Mother

Great Mother

Daughter of Chaos and Eternal Night
2 What specific geographic region does Pope give the most attention to?

Newcastle

Greece

Smithfield

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

Caxton

Molière

Eusden

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

Prudence

Fortitude

Valiance

Poetic Justice
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 fog

A sheet of Thule

A fire

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

Sonnet

Epic

Free Verse

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

Her tears

Sheet of Thule

Her great fog

Water from the river Styx
9 Which of these is NOT one of the fields Bayes considers turning to should he give up writing?

Party-Writing

Gaming

the Church

Tutoring
10 What does Bayes make in this book?

A printing press for printing Dulness' works

A pen after the Dæmon stole his

An altar for sacrificing

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

A silk veil

Darkness

Fog

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

Ogilby

Cibber

King Colley

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

Fate

Jove

Britannia

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

Twelve volumes of amplest size

A folio of all of his works

The classics of an age

A Birth-day Ode
15 What basic poetic structure is The Dunciad composed of?

Stanzas

Sextets

Rhyming Couplets

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

They blend into one another

They fight one another

They have nothing to do with each other

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

Hera Day

Bayes' Birth-Day

May Day

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

Shakespeare

Fletcher

Dennis

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

Criticism

Eloquence

Emptiness

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

Genius

Wittiness

Pertness

Sloth
21 What does Dulness anoint Bayes with?

Ink

Oil

Holy Water

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

Germany

Egypt

France

Greece
23 What is one thing Dulness cannot do?

Fly

Conquer Britain

Appoint the Successor to the Poet Laureate

Die
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?

Merceries

Miscellanies

Magazines

Novels

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