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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. What color are the fires in the Cave of Spleen?

2. How many handmaids wait at the throne in the Cave of Spleen?

3. What do the queens on the Ombre cards hold?

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

5. Who returns from the Exchange in peace in Canto III?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Umbriel request from the queen?

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

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

5. How does the goddess respond to Umbriel?

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

7. What is Belinda feeling after her ringlet is cut off?

8. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

9. What refreshments are served after the card game?

10. What does Thalestris tell Belinda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does Pope use imagery to help reader’s imagine the world he has created?

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