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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the fires in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Orange.

2. Who does the Knave of Diamonds conquer (87)?
(a) Queen of Spades.
(b) King of Spades.
(c) Queen of Hearts.
(d) King of Hearts.

3. What color is the fabric on the card table?
(a) Navy blue.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

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

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

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

7. What is in the vial that Umbril breaks over Belinda?
(a) Sorrows.
(b) Desolations.
(c) Miseries.
(d) Laments.

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

9. Where would Thalestris like to see grass grow more than to see Belinda lose her honor?
(a) Hell.
(b) Hyde-park Circus.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hampton Court.

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

11. What does Belinda wish she had done instead of going to Hampton Court?
(a) Stayed home and said her prayers.
(b) Stayed home and walked in the gardens.
(c) Stayed home and worked her embroiderly.
(d) Stayed home and read a book.

12. What formerly inanimate objects have been transformed by anger and stand with one arm held out, one bent with the handle and the spout?
(a) Teapots.
(b) Pitchers.
(c) Decanters.
(d) Kettles.

13. What happens to the wretches who the judges quickly pass sentences upon?
(a) Sent to prison.
(b) Put before a firing squad.
(c) Guillotined.
(d) Hanged.

14. Where are angels seen in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Machines.
(b) Lake.
(c) Stream.
(d) Clouds.

15. What type of material is on the card table where Ombre is played?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Wool.
(c) Silk.
(d) Linen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the sylphs help Belinda during the card game in Canto III?

2. What does coffee make politicians?

3. What happened to Scylla when she injured Nisus' hair?

4. What does Belinda choose as trumps when she plays Ombre?

5. What card does Ariel sit on?

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