Question

"Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,/A being darkly wise and rudely great,/ With too much knowledge for the skeptic side,/ with too much for the stoic's pride...."
These lines from Popes An essay on Man represent human beings as________?
A. fearful
B. befuddled
C. animalistic
D. ingnorant

Answer 1

11.
Which of these excerpts from Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock most explicitly suggests that it is a parody of epic poetry? (1 point)

“Heroes and maidens come here.”
“Yet another studies movements, looks, and eyes.”
“Someday, those very eyes of yours must close…”
“Broken vows and deathbed offerings are found there…”

12.

Read this excerpt from Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock.

“No common weapons in their hands are found,/Like gods they fight, nor dread a mortal wound…/See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies,/With more than usual lightning in her eyes…”
This account of the conflict between Belinda and the Baron _________. (1 point)

uses satire to ridicule the upper classes
uses irony to portray the ruling classes as noble
uses sarcasm to indicate contempt for the lower classes
uses understatement to downplay the rift between the classes

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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