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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The cheeks of the handmaid named Affectation are compare to the cheeks of whom?
(a) 20-year-old.
(b) 18-year-old.
(c) 16-year-old.
(d) 90-year-old.

2. How many tricks must be captured when playing Ombre?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

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

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

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

6. To what cave does Umbriel go?
(a) Lymph.
(b) Spleen.
(c) Lower Ridge.
(d) Upper Ridge.

7. What card does Ariel sit on?
(a) Spadille.
(b) Estuche.
(c) Manille.
(d) Matadore.

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

9. On how many tricks does Belinda's fate in the card game stand (94)?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

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

12. How do Belinda's Matador cards move when she plays Ombre?
(a) Like kings.
(b) Like swarthy Moors.
(c) Like Lords.
(d) Like knights.

13. 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) Kettles.
(b) Pitchers.
(c) Decanters.
(d) Teapots.

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

15. What queen is mentioned in Canto III?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anne.
(c) Jane.
(d) Elisabeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color are the fires in the Cave of Spleen?

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

4. Where would Thalestris like to see grass grow more than to see Belinda lose her honor?

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

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