The Dunciad Quizzes

The Dunciad Quiz: Book 1

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

Mighty Mother

Saturnian Queen

Great Mother

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

Whitehall

Newcastle

Smithfield

Greece
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?

Valiance

Poetic Justice

Fortitude

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

Critique Pope

Use common sense

Give up writing

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

Dulness' bird

A fire

A sheet of Thule

A fog
7 What is the poetic genre of The Dunciad?

Free Verse

Epic

Mock Heroic

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

Water from the river Styx

Her great fog

Sheet of Thule

Her tears
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 pen after the Dæmon stole his

A printing press for printing Dulness' works

A throne for him to sit upon as King
11 What covers Dulness' face?

A silk veil

A mask

Darkness

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

Ogilby

King Log

King Colley

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

Fate

Dulness

Britannia

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

A folio of all of his works

Twelve volumes of amplest size

The classics of an age

A Birth-day Ode
15 What basic poetic structure is The Dunciad composed of?

Tercets

Rhyming Couplets

Stanzas

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

They blend into one another

They fight one another

They care for one another

They have nothing to do with each other
17 On what day does Dulness select Bayes to be her instrument?

Bayes' Birth-Day

May Day

The evening of Lord Mayor's Day

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

Fletcher

Molière

Shakespeare

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

Emptiness

Criticism

Wisdom

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

Sloth

Wittiness

Pertness

Genius
21 What does Dulness anoint Bayes with?

Ink

Opium

Holy Water

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

Germany

France

Greece

Egypt
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?

Metaphors

Writers

Similes

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

Merceries

Miscellanies

Magazines

Novels

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