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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of lakes are in the Cave of Spleen?

3. In Ombre, what card defeats the Jack?

4. How do Belinda's Matador cards move when she plays Ombre?

5. Where are angels seen in the Cave of Spleen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

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

3. How does the Baron take a lock of Belinda's hair?

4. How is the area around the palace described?

5. What happens around noon in Canto III?

6. Where do Belinda and her companions go?

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

8. What cards are pressed into battle as the card game begins?

9. What happens after the sylphs withdraw from Belinda?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pope uses “machinery” in The Rape of the Lock. What is machinery and why does Pope use it in the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Belinda feels she has been greatly harmed by the loss of the lock of hair. Why does Belinda feel that she has been greatly harmed by the loss of her lock? How does the loss of the lock of hair affect Belinda’s honor?

Essay Topic 3

Belinda’s grief is compared to serious circumstances like kings being captured on the battlefield. How does Pope use hyperbole in the descriptions of Belinda’s grief?

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