The Rape of the Lock MCQs and Summary by Alexander Pope

1. : Who is the author of The Rape of the Lock?
(A) John Milton
(B) Alexander Pope
(C) Jonathan Swift
(D) Samuel Johnson

2. : What genre best describes The Rape of the Lock?
(A) Tragic drama
(B) Satirical epic
(C) Historical romance
(D) Gothic novel

3. : Who is Belinda in The Rape of the Lock?
(A) A goddess
(B) A maidservant
(C) The poem’s heroine
(D) A fairy queen

4. : What is the central event around which the poem revolves?
(A) A royal wedding
(B) The theft of a lock of hair
(C) A duel between knights
(D) The fall of Troy

5. : Who cuts Belinda’s lock of hair?
(A) Ariel
(B) The Baron
(C) Thalestris
(D) Sir Plume

6. : What supernatural beings are featured in the poem?
(A) Angels and demons
(B) Ghosts and goblins
(C) Sylphs and gnomes
(D) Fairies and elves

7. : What is the main purpose of The Rape of the Lock?
(A) To criticize the monarchy
(B) To tell a tragic love story
(C) To mock the vanity and trivialities of the upper class
(D) To promote religious devotion

8. : Who is Ariel in the poem?
(A) A rival suitor
(B) A loyal servant
(C) Belinda’s guardian sylph
(D) A talking bird

9. : How many cantos are there in the final 1714 version of the poem?
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six

10. : What literary device does Pope primarily use in The Rape of the Lock?
(A) Allegory
(B) Blank verse
(C) Mock-heroic style
(D) Stream of consciousness