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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The cheeks of the handmaid named Affectation are compare to the cheeks of whom?

3. What does coffee make politicians?

4. Who comes to Hampton to enjoy the pleasures of Court?

5. What are the phantoms that rise in the Cave of Spleen compared to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Belinda think about a card game with two knights?

4. How is the area around the palace described?

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

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

7. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

8. Where do Belinda and her companions go?

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

10. How does Belinda beat the Baron?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Belinda feels she has been greatly harmed by the loss of the lock of hair. Why does Belinda feel that she has been greatly harmed by the loss of her lock? How does the loss of the lock of hair affect Belinda’s honor?

Essay Topic 2

Clarissa gives a speech criticizing women’s vanity and frivolity. Why are Belinda and Thalestris not interested in what Clarissa has to say? What does their response reveal about their frivolity and how they and other character are frivolous?

Essay Topic 3

Pope uses “machinery” in The Rape of the Lock. What is machinery and why does Pope use it in the poem?

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