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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 times happier would Belinda have been if she had not gone to Hampton Court that day?

2. What type of material is on the card table where Ombre is played?

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

4. What does Belinda wish she had done instead of going to Hampton Court?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

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

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

4. What does Umbriel request from the queen?

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

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

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

8. What refreshments are served after the card game?

9. How is the area around the palace described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Rape of the Lock has a complicated structure. What structural elements does Pope use in the poem? How do those elements contribute to the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

The Baron is the protagonist in The Rape of the Lock. How does Pope reveal the Baron and his character? What is the Baron’s role in the poem?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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