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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shape are the locks of hair that Belinda lets fall down the back of her neck?
(a) Waves.
(b) Plaits.
(c) Braids.
(d) Ringlets.

2. What do British leaders often plan at the building that is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?
(a) Laws.
(b) New taxes.
(c) Removing the discontent of the people.
(d) The fall of foreign tyrants.

3. Where are the great towers near at the beginning of Canto III?
(a) Meadows of flowers.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Woods.
(d) Park.

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

5. In the Cave of Spleen, how long does a woman sigh on her bed?
(a) Forever.
(b) Years.
(c) Months.
(d) Centuries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Pope want his audience to laugh at?

3. What does Ariel say that his task and the task of his denizens is?

4. What do angels wear in Canto I?

5. What type of lakes are in the Cave of Spleen?

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