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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Canto III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is used to describe Belinda's neck?
(a) Pale.
(b) Pearly.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Sallow.

2. How do the sylphs help Belinda during the card game in Canto III?
(a) They sit on important cards.
(b) They ensure she is dealt a good hand.
(c) They whisper what cards her opponents have.
(d) They show her what cards to play.

3. What does Belinda do when she realizes her lock has been cut?
(a) Screams.
(b) Slaps the Baron.
(c) Runs out of the room.
(d) Howls.

4. What does Belinda play first that leads off two captive trumps and sweeps the board?
(a) Spadillio.
(b) Basto.
(c) Vuelta.
(d) Manille.

5. What do angels wear in Canto I?
(a) Silver crowns and wreaths of laurel.
(b) Golden chaplets entwined with vines.
(c) Golden crowns and wreaths of heavenly flowers.
(d) Jewelled crowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. On how many tricks does Belinda's fate in the card game stand (94)?

2. To what are Belinda's eyes compared?

3. Who would adore the cross that Belinda wore?

4. What magnificent building is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?

5. In Canto I (3), to whom does the author offer his poem?

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