The Rape of The Lock

Question 1

when was this written?

Answer 1

1712

Question 2

what are 2 sylphs names and why?

Answer 2

momentilla (watch)
Crispissa (hair)

Question 3

this uses _____ and _______ to make fun of epics like…

Answer 3

satire
heroic couplets
aeneid, homer

Question 4

he followed the french desire for _______

Answer 4

elegant simplicity

Question 5

who are Ariel and Umbriel?

Answer 5

Sylph and gnome

Question 6

what are the 4 mystical creatures and what do they represent?

Answer 6

4 bodily humors
sylph (chastity)
gnome
nymph
salamander

Question 7

Umbriel visits the Queen of the _____, maybe representing ______

Answer 7

Spleen
bodily humor

Question 8

what is the word for rhetorical loftiness of words?

Answer 8

Zeugma

Question 9

uses wise saying, otherwise known as

Answer 9

sentientiae

Question 10

the narrator breaks into narrative and addresses the characters, called ______ and used in _______

Answer 10

epic apostrophe
Paradise Lost

Question 11

using sentientiae is shown in _____

Answer 11

Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Question 12

this story catalogues the cards and rooms just like _____

Answer 12

paradise lost
canterbury tales

Question 13

uses _______ like _______

Answer 13

elevated language
paradise lost

Question 14

irony involves ____ (provide example)

Answer 14

tensions
Queen Anne talks business but also drinks tea

Question 15

what does affictation mean?

Answer 15

honor and chaste virtue, reputation over reality

Question 16

what do Jove’s scales reflect?

Answer 16

Iliad

Question 17

which story also uses hair?

Answer 17

Donne The Funeral

Question 18

This story invokes ____ like …

Answer 18

Muses
Paradise Lost, Shakepeare, homer, dante, virgil, ovid

Question 19

what word describes a human turning into a god?

Answer 19

apotheosis

Question 20

what to look for in each passage on exam?

Answer 20

who wrote it
when
tone
historical/ cultural context
use info from the text