(G) THE MOCK EPIC ~ Literary Hunt

(G) The Mock Epic

It is also called the Mock Heroic Poem. a parody of the real Epic in a light non-serious mood. The mock Epic is written on a very trivial or funny incident in a light satirical spirit, but on this trivial story, a grab of classical conventions and supernatural machinery of a real epic is overlaid.

France and Italy set the fashion for a parody of the Epic form. Later on, the English poet's imitated it. "The Battle of the Frogs" and " Mice " in Greek are the examples of the mock-epic. Besides it, the English Pope's " Rape of the lock" is the best example of Mock Epic.

OBJECTIVE TYPE OF QUESTIONS

1. The lock of hair of Belinda is clipped in The Rape of the Lock'. Her heart is broken. The poet consoles her in the end by saying :
(a) That she should avenge her loss by fair or foul means.
(b) That the hair would fly up and shine among the stars.
(c) That her hair would grow soon.
(d) That her hair would be protected by supernatural elements in the future.

2. The Rape of the Lock is written in :
(a) Heroic Couplet
(b) Terza Rima
(c) Rhyme Royal
(d) Ottava Rima

3. A Mack-Epic poem is :
(a) another version of a real Epic
(b) a parody of a real Epic
(c) an imitation of a real Epic
(d) a satire on a real Epic

4. A large number of sylphs are given the charge of protecting Belinda's Petticoat in the Rape of the Lock. How many sylphs are given this charge?
(a) 60
(b) 80
(c) 50
(d) 40

5. The 'Battle of the Frogs and Mice' is a parody of :
(a) Lusiad
(b) Odessey
(c) Illiad
(d) Divine Comedy

6. "The Rape of the Lock" is written by:
(a) Alexander Pope
(b) Sir Philip Sidney
(c) Dryden
(d) John Milton

7. A mock-heroic poem is written in a......
(a) Serious
(b) Semi-serious
(c) Non-serious
(d) Traditional

8. Homeric scenes of battles are Parodied in the Rape of the Lock :
(a) By a battle amongst items of cosmetics
(b) By a game of cards
(c) By the members of the two families
(d) By a game on the chess-board

9. The heroine of the Rape of the Lock is :
(a) Betty
(b) Florio
(c) Belinda
(d) Miranda

10. A mock-heroic poem is a ...... ..of a real epic:
(a) Parody
(b) Cadence
(c) Paradox
(d) Boast

(G) THE MOCK EPIC

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