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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might hide Belinda's faults if she had any?
(a) Kindness and generosity.
(b) Graceful ease and sweetness without pride.
(c) Diplomacy and tact.
(d) Peaceful spirit and gentle ways.

2. When people come to enjoy the pleasures of Court, how might they spend instructive hours (11)?
(a) Playing card games.
(b) Walking in the gardens.
(c) Having tea.
(d) Talking.

3. How does Pope describe the French book where he learned about Rosicrucians?
(a) History.
(b) Novel.
(c) Epic.
(d) Tragedy.

4. As Belinda and the others ride in the boat on the river, what weighs down the sylph's heart?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Despair.
(c) Grief.
(d) Misery.

5. When a nymph rejects the power of the queen of the Cave of Spleen, how many others think the same?
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Millions.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto I, how many spirits fly round (41)?

2. Where does the Baron say Belinda's lock will always be?

3. What do the sylph have to prevent being blown off their charges by rough winds?

4. After Belinda wins the game, what do she and her companions drink?

5. What card does Ariel sit on?

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