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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What magnificent building is near where the boat takes Belinda and her companions?
(a) Kew.
(b) Apethorpe.
(c) Etham.
(d) Hampton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the vial that Umbril breaks over Belinda?

2. What is Sir Plume very proud of?

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

4. What happened to Scylla when she injured Nisus' hair?

5. What color is the fabric on the card table?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Baron play the jack of diamonds, and how does Belinda respond?

2. What bodies can be seen on every side in the cave that have been changed to different forms by anger?

3. What handmaids does the queen have in the Cave of Spleen?

4. Where do Belinda and her companions go?

5. What does Umbriel request from the queen?

6. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

7. How is the area around the palace described?

8. What does the Baron say about returning the lock?

9. How does Belinda do during the game at first, and how does the tide turn?

10. What happens around noon in Canto III?

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