In canto i, belinda dreams that ariel warns her of _____. some military exposition. some dread event. a terrible storm. an eclipse of the sun.
The answer that fits the blank is SOME DREAD EVENT, the second option. This is from "The R*pe of the Lock: Canto I" written by Alexander Pope. At the end of Belinda's dream, he was warned by Ariel about an impending dread event. Ariel is Belinda's "guardian Sylph".