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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Like whose tripod does a cooking pot walk?
(a) Plato's.
(b) Homer's.
(c) Socrates'.
(d) Aristotle's.

2. What happened to Scylla when she injured Nisus' hair?
(a) Turned into a monkey.
(b) Turned into a turtle.
(c) Turned into a bird.
(d) Turned into a rabbit.

3. What presses upon Belinda after the Baron cuts her hair?
(a) Wrath.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Troubled thoughts.
(d) Anxious care.

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

5. Where are the great towers near at the beginning of Canto III?
(a) Meadows of flowers.
(b) Woods.
(c) Park.
(d) Gardens.

6. What flies over the palace in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Vapor.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Flags.
(d) Pennants.

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

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

9. What are the phantoms that rise in the Cave of Spleen compared to?
(a) Dreams of a hermit.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Dreams of an old crone.
(d) Demons.

10. A branch of what healing plant does Umbriel carry through the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Crested Hart.
(b) Fortune's Cold.
(c) Metallicum.
(d) Spleenwort.

11. What magnificent building is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?
(a) Hampton.
(b) Apethorpe.
(c) Kew.
(d) Etham.

12. What type of pie talks in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Goose.
(b) Berry.
(c) Apple.
(d) Pear.

13. How many sylphs are cut in two when the Baron cuts the lock from Belinda's head?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

14. In whose arms is Belinda sunk into when Umbriel returns?
(a) Thalestris.
(b) Idomeneus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Nestor.

15. Who does Thalestris go to to get Belinda's lock back?
(a) Sir Pinion.
(b) Sir Rachis.
(c) Sir Plume.
(d) Sir Calamus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a bag he used to hold the winds that is similar to the bag the goddess gives Umbriel?

2. How many times do the sylphs pull on the diamond in Belinda's ear when the Baron gets close with scissors?

3. What do British leaders often plan at the building that is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?

4. How many tricks must be captured when playing Ombre?

5. How do Belinda's Matador cards move when she plays Ombre?

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