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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of lakes are in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Dark as hell.
(b) Liquid silver.
(c) Liquid gold.
(d) Black as ink.

2. What stop the Baron's ears in Canto V?
(a) Stubborness.
(b) Ego and pride.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fate and Jove.

3. What does the queen sometimes do at Hampton?
(a) Counsel and tea.
(b) Balls and masquerades.
(c) Rest and relaxation.
(d) Garden parties.

4. When people come to enjoy the pleasures of Court, how might they spend instructive hours (11)?
(a) Playing card games.
(b) Having tea.
(c) Walking in the gardens.
(d) Talking.

5. How many times do the sylphs pull on the diamond in Belinda's ear when the Baron gets close with scissors?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leans on bodkin spears and watches the fight or assists in the fray?

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

3. What type of pie talks in the Cave of Spleen?

4. What falls to the ground in Canto I when the bell is rung?

5. Who are praised and honored and are the wise man's passion and the vain man's toast?

(see the answer key)

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