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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 does Belinda play first that leads off two captive trumps and sweeps the board?
(a) Basto.
(b) Spadillio.
(c) Vuelta.
(d) Manille.

2. When people come to enjoy the pleasures of Court, how might they spend instructive hours (11)?
(a) Playing card games.
(b) Walking in the gardens.
(c) Having tea.
(d) Talking.

3. What type of pie talks in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Goose.
(b) Pear.
(c) Apple.
(d) Berry.

4. Who returns from the Exchange in peace in Canto III?
(a) Judge.
(b) Lords.
(c) Bookseller.
(d) Merchant.

5. When a nymph rejects the power of the queen of the Cave of Spleen, how many others think the same?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Tens of thousands.
(c) Millions.
(d) Hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto III, with whom does Belinda want to play cards?

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

3. What do British leaders often plan at the building that is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?

4. How many realms obey the queen mentioned in Canto III?

5. When the Baron begins to take Belinda's ringlet, how many wings blow back her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the area around the palace described?

2. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

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

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

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

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

7. What happens around noon in Canto III?

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

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

10. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

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