Name the English poet of 18th century whose works included Rape of the Lock, Dunciad and Essay on Man?
Correct answer: C. Alexander Pope
- A. Nelson Mandela
- B. Winston Churchill
- C. Alexander Pope
- D. None of these
Explanation
Alexander Pope wrote the mock-heroic poem The Rape of the Lock, the satirical Dunciad, and the philosophical Essay on Man. The other named figures were political leaders rather than the eighteenth-century poet described.
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