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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 sylphs are cut in two when the Baron cuts the lock from Belinda's head?

2. What formerly inanimate objects have been transformed by anger and stand with one arm held out, one bent with the handle and the spout?

3. Who had a bag he used to hold the winds that is similar to the bag the goddess gives Umbriel?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What refreshments are served after the card game?

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

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

4. What does Umbriel request from the queen?

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

6. What happens around noon in Canto III?

7. How is the area around the palace described?

8. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

9. How does Belinda beat the Baron?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alexander Pope writes an introduction to The Rape of the Lock explaining why he wrote the poem. Why did Pope write The Rape of the Lock?

Essay Topic 2

Belinda has regrets after the lock of hair is cut from her head. Could Beilnda have changed the course of events and kept her lock of hair? Why does Belinda have regrets?

Essay Topic 3

Belinda is described as being very beautiful. How does Pope use references to Belinda’s beauty to reveal her character?

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