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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the vial that Umbril breaks over Belinda?
(a) Desolations.
(b) Sorrows.
(c) Miseries.
(d) Laments.

2. What presses upon Belinda after the Baron cuts her hair?
(a) Troubled thoughts.
(b) Anxious care.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Wrath.

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

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

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

6. At noon, what type of judges quickly sign sentences?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Busy.
(c) Corupt.
(d) Greedy.

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

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

9. How many handmaids wait at the throne in the Cave of Spleen?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

10. How many times happier would Belinda have been if she had not gone to Hampton Court that day?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

11. Where does the Baron say Belinda's lock will always be?
(a) Kept in a snuffbox.
(b) Worn round his arm.
(c) Worn on his hand.
(d) Worn in a locket.

12. In whose arms is Belinda sunk into when Umbriel returns?
(a) Thalestris.
(b) Idomeneus.
(c) Nestor.
(d) Agamemnon.

13. What colors is the ancient handmaid wearing in the Cave of the Spleen?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Black and gray.
(c) Red and white.
(d) Brown and beige.

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

15. 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) Millions.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ariel doing when he flew from Belinda?

2. What is Sir Plume very proud of?

3. What type of material is on the card table where Ombre is played?

4. How many tricks must be captured when playing Ombre?

5. What do British leaders often plan at the building that is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?

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