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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tricks must be captured when playing Ombre?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

2. What does Belinda play first that leads off two captive trumps and sweeps the board?
(a) Spadillio.
(b) Basto.
(c) Manille.
(d) Vuelta.

3. In Canto III, with whom does Belinda want to play cards?
(a) 2 Lords.
(b) 2 Barons.
(c) 2 Knights.
(d) 2 ladies.

4. What suit does the Baron play after successes in Ombre (75)?
(a) Spades.
(b) Clubs.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Diamonds.

5. To what cave does Umbriel go?
(a) Lower Ridge.
(b) Lymph.
(c) Upper Ridge.
(d) Spleen.

6. Where would Thalestris like to see grass grow more than to see Belinda lose her honor?
(a) Hampton Court.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Hyde-park Circus.

7. What does Belinda choose as trumps when she plays Ombre?
(a) Spades.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Hearts.

8. How many realms obey the queen mentioned in Canto III?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

9. What flies over the palace in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Flags.
(b) Vapor.
(c) Pennants.
(d) Clouds.

10. The cheeks of the handmaid named Affectation are compare to the cheeks of whom?
(a) 90-year-old.
(b) 20-year-old.
(c) 18-year-old.
(d) 16-year-old.

11. When the Baron begins to take Belinda's ringlet, how many wings blow back her hair?
(a) 800.
(b) 600.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,000.

12. What type of creature is Umbriel?
(a) Gnome.
(b) Nymph.
(c) Salamander.
(d) Sylph.

13. What type of pinions does Umbriel have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Sooty.
(d) Ashy.

14. How are the kings described on the Ombre cards?
(a) Hoary whiskers and a forky beard.
(b) Shoulder length hair and mustaches.
(c) Full beards and silver hair.
(d) Crowns on shoulder length hair and no facial hair.

15. What queen is mentioned in Canto III?
(a) Anne.
(b) Mary.
(c) Elisabeth.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In whose arms is Belinda sunk into when Umbriel returns?

3. After the Baron cuts her hair, what does she feel in her heart?

4. On how many tricks does Belinda's fate in the card game stand (94)?

5. How many times do the sylphs pull on the diamond in Belinda's ear when the Baron gets close with scissors?

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