The Dunciad Quizzes

The Dunciad Quiz: Book 1

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

Great Mother

Saturnian Queen

Mighty Mother

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

Smithfield

Greece

Whitehall

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

Thorold

Molière

Eusden

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

Fortitude

Valiance

Poetic Justice

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

Critique Pope

Write poorly about Dulness

Use common sense

Give up writing
6 What symbol marks Bayes' coronation as King of Dulness?

A sheet of Thule

A fog

A fire

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

Mock Heroic

Free Verse

Sonnet

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

Her great fog

Sheet of Thule

Her tears

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

Tutoring

Gaming

the Church

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

An altar for sacrificing

A printing press for printing Dulness' works

A throne for him to sit upon as King

A pen after the Dæmon stole his
11 What covers Dulness' face?

Fog

Darkness

A silk veil

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

King Log

King Colley

Cibber

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

Jove

Fate

Britannia

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

A Birth-day Ode

Twelve volumes of amplest size

The classics of an age

A folio of all of his works
15 What basic poetic structure is The Dunciad composed of?

Sextets

Stanzas

Rhyming Couplets

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

They care for one another

They fight one another

They blend into one another

They have nothing to do with each other
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?

Molière

Fletcher

Dennis

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

Criticism

Wisdom

Emptiness

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

Pertness

Wittiness

Genius

Sloth
21 What does Dulness anoint Bayes with?

Holy Water

Opium

Ink

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

Germany

Greece

Egypt

France
23 What is one thing Dulness cannot do?

Die

Appoint the Successor to the Poet Laureate

Conquer Britain

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

Similes

Writers

Metaphors

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

Magazines

Merceries

Miscellanies

Novels

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