diff --git a/tests/cache/tests.py b/tests/cache/tests.py
index 542ac909adf..a101639f49f 100644
--- a/tests/cache/tests.py
+++ b/tests/cache/tests.py
@@ -92,10 +92,7 @@ class DummyCacheTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_get_many(self):
         "get_many returns nothing for the dummy cache backend"
-        cache.set('a', 'a')
-        cache.set('b', 'b')
-        cache.set('c', 'c')
-        cache.set('d', 'd')
+        cache.set_many({'a': 'a', 'b': 'b', 'c': 'c', 'd': 'd'})
         self.assertEqual(cache.get_many(['a', 'c', 'd']), {})
         self.assertEqual(cache.get_many(['a', 'b', 'e']), {})
 
@@ -105,8 +102,7 @@ class DummyCacheTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_delete(self):
         "Cache deletion is transparently ignored on the dummy cache backend"
-        cache.set("key1", "spam")
-        cache.set("key2", "eggs")
+        cache.set_many({'key1': 'spam', 'key2': 'eggs'})
         self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key1"))
         cache.delete("key1")
         self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key1"))
@@ -306,18 +302,14 @@ class BaseCacheTests:
 
     def test_get_many(self):
         # Multiple cache keys can be returned using get_many
-        cache.set('a', 'a')
-        cache.set('b', 'b')
-        cache.set('c', 'c')
-        cache.set('d', 'd')
+        cache.set_many({'a': 'a', 'b': 'b', 'c': 'c', 'd': 'd'})
         self.assertEqual(cache.get_many(['a', 'c', 'd']), {'a': 'a', 'c': 'c', 'd': 'd'})
         self.assertEqual(cache.get_many(['a', 'b', 'e']), {'a': 'a', 'b': 'b'})
         self.assertEqual(cache.get_many(iter(['a', 'b', 'e'])), {'a': 'a', 'b': 'b'})
 
     def test_delete(self):
         # Cache keys can be deleted
-        cache.set("key1", "spam")
-        cache.set("key2", "eggs")
+        cache.set_many({'key1': 'spam', 'key2': 'eggs'})
         self.assertEqual(cache.get("key1"), "spam")
         cache.delete("key1")
         self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key1"))
@@ -521,9 +513,7 @@ class BaseCacheTests:
 
     def test_delete_many(self):
         # Multiple keys can be deleted using delete_many
-        cache.set("key1", "spam")
-        cache.set("key2", "eggs")
-        cache.set("key3", "ham")
+        cache.set_many({'key1': 'spam', 'key2': 'eggs', 'key3': 'ham'})
         cache.delete_many(["key1", "key2"])
         self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key1"))
         self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key2"))
@@ -531,8 +521,7 @@ class BaseCacheTests:
 
     def test_clear(self):
         # The cache can be emptied using clear
-        cache.set("key1", "spam")
-        cache.set("key2", "eggs")
+        cache.set_many({'key1': 'spam', 'key2': 'eggs'})
         cache.clear()
         self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key1"))
         self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key2"))