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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the kings described on the Ombre cards?
(a) Shoulder length hair and mustaches.
(b) Hoary whiskers and a forky beard.
(c) Full beards and silver hair.
(d) Crowns on shoulder length hair and no facial hair.

2. What do the sylph have to prevent being blown off their charges by rough winds?
(a) Powder.
(b) Shawls.
(c) Hats.
(d) Hair combs.

3. What type of pinions does Umbriel have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Sooty.
(c) Gray.
(d) Ashy.

4. How many times happier would Belinda have been if she had not gone to Hampton Court that day?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

5. In what way does Belinda in the poem resemble Mrs. Fermor?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author sing about in Canto I (1)?

2. What flies over the palace in the Cave of Spleen?

3. In Canto I, at what time do sleepless lovers wake (16)?

4. Where do sylphs guard the purity of maidens?

5. What do the spirits of troublesome women become?

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