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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country is the stand that is used to raise the silver lamp in Canto III?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Australia.
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

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

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

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

5. What is Sir Plume very proud of?
(a) Ivory snuffbox.
(b) Walnut snuffbox.
(c) Cherry snuffbox.
(d) Amber snuffbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only breeze that blows near the Cave of Spleen?

2. A branch of what healing plant does Umbriel carry through the Cave of Spleen?

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

4. Who does the Knave of Diamonds conquer (87)?

5. Who in battle has not felt the rage that Belinda feels after the Baron cuts her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What cards are pressed into battle as the card game begins?

2. What does the narrator say about Belinda's victory at the card game?

3. How does the Baron take a lock of Belinda's hair?

4. What is Umbriel's journey like to the Cave of Spleen, and what is the atmosphere in the cave?

5. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

6. What happens around noon in Canto III?

7. How does the Baron play the jack of diamonds, and how does Belinda respond?

8. What does Umbriel request from the queen?

9. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

10. What refreshments are served after the card game?

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