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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Cave of Spleen, how long does a woman sigh on her bed?
(a) Centuries.
(b) Months.
(c) Forever.
(d) Years.

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

3. How many handmaids wait at the throne in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. Why do judges quickly pass sentences?
(a) So the jury can have lunch.
(b) So they can leave the court for the day.
(c) So the judges can go to lunch.
(d) So they can go riding.

5. What colors is the ancient handmaid wearing in the Cave of the Spleen?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Black and gray.
(c) Brown and beige.
(d) Black and white.

6. When the Baron begins to take Belinda's ringlet, how many wings blow back her hair?
(a) 800.
(b) 600.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

7. Where does Umbriel go after the Baron cuts Belinda's hair?
(a) Central earth.
(b) Middle earth.
(c) Olympia.
(d) Hades.

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

9. What have maids turned into in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Buckets.
(b) Vases.
(c) Bottles.
(d) Jars.

10. Where does the Baron say Belinda's lock will always be?
(a) Worn on his hand.
(b) Worn in a locket.
(c) Kept in a snuffbox.
(d) Worn round his arm.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the knaves on the Ombre cards described?

3. Who does Thalestris go to to get Belinda's lock back?

4. How many sylphs are cut in two when the Baron cuts the lock from Belinda's head?

5. How are the kings described on the Ombre cards?

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