The Dunciad Quizzes

The Dunciad Quiz: Book 1

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

Great Mother

Mighty Mother

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

Whitehall

Newcastle

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

Molière

Caxton

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

Fortitude

Poetic Justice

Valiance
5 What does Bayes claim a Dæmon made him do?
Critique Pope

Give up writing

Use common sense

Write poorly about Dulness
6 What symbol marks Bayes' coronation as King of Dulness?
A sheet of Thule

Dulness' bird

A fog

A fire
7 What is the poetic genre of The Dunciad?
Epic

Free Verse

Sonnet

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

Sheet of Thule

Water from the river Styx

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

Tutoring

Party-Writing

Gaming
10 What does Bayes make in this book?
A pen after the Dæmon stole his

A printing press for printing Dulness' works

A throne for him to sit upon as King

An altar for sacrificing
11 What covers Dulness' face?
Fog

A mask

Darkness

A silk veil
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

Britannia

Fate

Dulness
14 What makes up the foundation of Bayes' offering?
A folio of all of his works

A Birth-day Ode

The classics of an age

Twelve volumes of amplest size
15 What basic poetic structure is The Dunciad composed of?
Tercets

Stanzas

Rhyming Couplets

Sextets
16 Under Dulness, what does Pope say happens between Prologues and Prefaces, Tragedy and Comedy, and Epics and Farces?
They fight one another

They blend into 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

May Day

Bayes' Birth-Day

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

Dennis

Molière

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

Eloquence

Wisdom

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

Sloth

Pertness

Wittiness
21 What does Dulness anoint Bayes with?
Opium

Ink

Oil

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

Germany

Egypt

Greece
23 What is one thing Dulness cannot do?
Appoint the Successor to the Poet Laureate

Fly

Die

Conquer Britain
24 Dulness sees a "Mob of" what advance?
Writers

Metaphors

Similes

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

Merceries

Miscellanies

Novels

The Dunciad Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for The Dunciad is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for The Dunciad

The Dunciad study guide contains a biography of Alexander Pope, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for The Dunciad…