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

2. When the Baron begins to take Belinda's ringlet, how many wings blow back her hair?
(a) 800.
(b) 600.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,000.

3. In whose arms is Belinda sunk into when Umbriel returns?
(a) Thalestris.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Idomeneus.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the kings described on the Ombre cards?

3. What does Sir Plume handle with style?

4. What have maids turned into in the Cave of Spleen?

5. What type of lakes are in the Cave of Spleen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Belinda and her companions go?

3. What does Umbriel request from the queen?

4. What does the Baron say about returning the lock?

5. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

6. How is the area around the palace described?

7. How do the sylphs help Belinda during her card game?

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

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

10. Where does Umbriel find Belinda, and what does he do when he sees her?

(see the answer keys)

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