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?

Greece

Smithfield

Whitehall

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

Thorold

Caxton

Molière

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

Prudence

Poetic Justice

Fortitude

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

Use common sense

Give up writing

Write poorly about Dulness

Critique Pope
6 What symbol marks Bayes' coronation as King of Dulness?

A fire

A fog

Dulness' bird

A sheet of Thule
7 What is the poetic genre of The Dunciad?

Sonnet

Free Verse

Mock Heroic

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

Sheet of Thule

Her great fog

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?

the Church

Gaming

Tutoring

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

A pen after the Dæmon stole his

A throne for him to sit upon as King

A printing press for printing Dulness' works

An altar for sacrificing
11 What covers Dulness' face?

Fog

Darkness

A mask

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

Cibber

Ogilby

King Log

King Colley
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 Birth-day Ode

The classics of an age

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

Sextets

Rhyming Couplets

Stanzas

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 have nothing to do with each other

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

The evening of Lord Mayor's Day

Bayes' Birth-Day

Hera Day

May Day
18 Who does Bayes NOT claim to have plaigarized from?

Fletcher

Shakespeare

Molière

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

Wisdom

Emptiness

Criticism

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

Pertness

Genius

Sloth

Wittiness
21 What does Dulness anoint Bayes with?

Oil

Opium

Ink

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

Egypt

Germany

Greece

France
23 What is one thing Dulness cannot do?

Conquer Britain

Fly

Die

Appoint the Successor to the Poet Laureate
24 Dulness sees a "Mob of" what advance?

Writers

Mysteries

Similes

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

Novels

Miscellanies

Magazines

Merceries

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