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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. 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.

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

3. Who comes to Hampton to enjoy the pleasures of Court?
(a) Queen and her advisors.
(b) Lords and ladies.
(c) Queen and her ladies-in-waiting.
(d) Heroes and nymphs.

4. Who has been robbed of a kiss, but still does not feel the despair that Belinda feels after her hair is cut?
(a) Ancient ladies.
(b) Young girls.
(c) Young maidens.
(d) Matrons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What magnificent building is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?

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

3. What does the queen sometimes do at Hampton?

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

5. What do the queens on the Ombre cards hold?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of conversations often take place at Hampton?

3. What does Umbriel request from the queen?

4. What does Thalestris tell Belinda?

5. What bodies can be seen on every side in the cave that have been changed to different forms by anger?

6. How does the goddess respond to Umbriel?

7. How does Belinda do during the game at first, and how does the tide turn?

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

9. What handmaids does the queen have in the Cave of Spleen?

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

(see the answer keys)

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