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

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

3. What have maids turned into in the Cave of Spleen?

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

5. How many handmaids wait at the throne in the Cave of Spleen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Thalestris turn to to help Belinda?

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

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

6. How does the goddess respond to Umbriel?

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

8. What happens around noon in Canto III?

9. What does the narrator say about Belinda's victory at the card game?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Baron cuts a lock of Belinda’s hair. Is the act a sexual assault or simply an assault?

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

Ariel has worries and concerns in Canto II. Why is Ariel worried and concerned? How does he attempt to thwart disaster and why do his attempts fail?

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