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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do British leaders often plan at the building that is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?
(a) Laws.
(b) Removing the discontent of the people.
(c) New taxes.
(d) The fall of foreign tyrants.

3. How many realms obey the queen mentioned in Canto III?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. What does Belinda choose as trumps when she plays Ombre?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Spades.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Hearts.

5. Who in battle has not felt the rage that Belinda feels after the Baron cuts her hair?
(a) Youthful kings.
(b) Ancient kings.
(c) Seasoned soldiers.
(d) Young soldiers.

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

7. Who had a bag he used to hold the winds that is similar to the bag the goddess gives Umbriel?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Ulysses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What card does Ariel sit on?

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

3. What queen is mentioned in Canto III?

4. Like whose tripod does a cooking pot walk?

5. What is Sir Plume very proud of?

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