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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. After the Baron cuts her hair, what does she feel in her heart?

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

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

4. How many tricks must be captured when playing Ombre?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What refreshments are served after the card game?

3. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

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

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

6. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

7. Where do Belinda and her companions go?

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

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

10. What happens around noon in Canto III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Pope use personification in The Rape of the Lock? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

Essay Topic 2

Ariel has worries and concerns in Canto II. Why is Ariel worried and concerned? How does he attempt to thwart disaster and why do his attempts fail?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a poem. What is the point of view in The Rape of the Lock? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and character? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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