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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. What card does Ariel sit on?
(a) Manille.
(b) Matadore.
(c) Spadille.
(d) Estuche.

2. What are the phantoms that rise in the Cave of Spleen compared to?
(a) Dreams of a hermit.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Dreams of an old crone.
(d) Demons.

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

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

5. Who does Thalestris go to to get Belinda's lock back?
(a) Sir Rachis.
(b) Sir Calamus.
(c) Sir Plume.
(d) Sir Pinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ombre, what card defeats the Jack?

2. Who had a bag he used to hold the winds that is similar to the bag the goddess gives Umbriel?

3. What does Belinda play first that leads off two captive trumps and sweeps the board?

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

5. What suit does the Baron play after successes in Ombre (75)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thalestris tell Belinda?

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

3. How is the area around the palace described?

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

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

6. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

7. Where does Umbriel find Belinda, and what does he do when he sees her?

8. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

9. What is Umbriel's journey like to the Cave of Spleen, and what is the atmosphere in the cave?

10. What does Belinda think about a card game with two knights?

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