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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Canto IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the knaves on the Ombre cards described?
(a) Axes in their hands.
(b) Pikes in their hands.
(c) Berets on their heads and pikes in their hands.
(d) Caps on their heads and halberts in their hand.

2. How many gloves did the Baron burn?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. If Belinda has any faults of women, how can forget them?
(a) Share a meal with her.
(b) Talk to her.
(c) Look at her face.
(d) Look at her hair.

4. What does Ariel say that the sylphs can give their charges in dreams?
(a) Invention.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Impetus.

5. After the Baron cuts her hair, what does she feel in her heart?
(a) Quiet sensibilities.
(b) Troubled fancies.
(c) Quiet avocations.
(d) Secret passions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what ages of women does the queen in the Cave of Spleen rule?

2. What does Belinda choose as trumps when she plays Ombre?

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

4. How do the sylphs help Belinda during the card game in Canto III?

5. How are the sylphs described as they wait for what might befall Belinda?

(see the answer key)

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