Trivia Questions related to the poem
  1. What planet has two moons named after characters from The Rape of the Lock? (Bonus question: which two moons/characters?)
  2. In the poem, the Baron represents Robert, seventh Lord Petre. What other famous English poem is connected with the Petre family?
  3. Who said "There are two ways of disliking poetry. One is not to like it, and the other is to read Pope"?
  4. (contributed by a reader) What famous twentieth-century poem originally contained a section parodying "The Rape of the Lock"? Why was the section removed from the poem?
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