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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 Dr. X say is his final judgment on Belinda after their morning's visit?

2. How much is the bet between Lady Delacour and Mr. Hervey regarding hoops?

3. Why does Mr. Hervey invite Dr. X to accompany him the following morning?

4. What piece of vanity causes the accident that prompts Lady Delacour's accident?

5. Where does Mr. Hervey go with two other men when they leave Lady Delacour's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result when Belinda and Lady Delacour exchange costumes for the ball?

2. Why does Lady Delacour say that Percival's wife spends so much time with Helena?

3. What argument does Belinda use to keep Marriott from leaving Lady Delacour's employment?

4. Briefly describe the scene in which Sir Phillip announces his intention to propose.

5. What plan does Mr. Hervey concoct with regard to Lady Delacour and her daughter and what role does he imagine that Anne will play?

6. What does Lady Delacour say about the man she'd loved and the reason for marrying Lord Delacour?

7. How does Mr. Hervey wind up in the water and how is he rescued?

8. What does Dr. X tell Belinda about Lady Delacour's disease?

9. What does Lady Delacour say about her conscience with regard to Lawless's death?

10. Briefly describe the rivalry between Lady Delacour and Mrs. Luttridge, and Mrs. Stanhope's role in that rivalry.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Juba? Marriott? Champfort? What does each do to change the lives of the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the roles of Mrs. Feke and Mrs. Luttridge to the story. How does each woman impact the lives of the major characters?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Belinda and Rachel (Virginia). How are the two women similar? How are the different?

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