The sylphs try to prevent —
a. the theft of the lock
b. umbriel from going to the cave of spleen
c. a fight between umbriel and the baron
d. belinda from hurting the baron

  A. The theft of the lock.

Explanation:

  The mock-heroic narrative poem was written by Alexander Pope. The poem satirizes a small incident by comparing it to the epic world of the gods.

  He introduced a system of Sylphs as guardians spirits of virgins. It was an attempt of parodized the gods and goddess of conventional epic.

  The story was written by the request of Pope´s friend, Lord Petre, about a true event. He cut a lock of hair from a woman named Arabella without permission and that created a breach between the two families. In the poem, Lord Petre is replaced by the Baron and Arabella by Belinda.

  When the Baron of the poem attempts to cut a lock of Belinda's hair, the sylphs interpose their airy bodies between the blades of the scissors.

  I hope this answer helps you.

d) she is both terrified and excited by the idea of returning to school.

a) she takes one day at a time.

d) she felt like she was an object of ridicule.

d) she tells her daughter not to worry about it because things will get better.\

b) elnora needs money for books and out-of-town tuition. she will raise the money herself.

the answer is definitely d. sorry for a late response.