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

2. What type of pinions does Umbriel have?

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

4. Who in battle has not felt the rage that Belinda feels after the Baron cuts her hair?

5. What is the only breeze that blows near the Cave of Spleen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Thalestris tell Belinda?

3. How do the sylphs help Belinda during her card game?

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

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

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

7. What is Belinda feeling after her ringlet is cut off?

8. Where do Belinda and her companions go?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clarissa gives a speech criticizing women’s vanity and frivolity. Why are Belinda and Thalestris not interested in what Clarissa has to say? What does their response reveal about their frivolity and how they and other character are frivolous?

Essay Topic 2

Alexander Pope writes an introduction to The Rape of the Lock explaining why he wrote the poem. Why did Pope write The Rape of the Lock?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does Pope use imagery to help reader’s imagine the world he has created?

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