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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 is the decision Lady Delacour is trying to make regarding a costume?

2. What does Mr. Hervey say he's paying ten guineas for?

3. What does Lord Delacour believe he will find behind the locked door in Lady Delacour's bedchamber?

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

5. Where does Mrs. Standhope live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lady Delacour's argument that makes Belinda give in and buy a new dress?

2. What kind of person is Anne?

3. Describe the first meeting between Belinda and Helena.

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

5. What are Belinda's thoughts upon her discovery of having spent three hours in the library alone on the night of the birth-night ball?

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

7. What does Lady Delacour say about the ability to change the opinion of a man of genius as compared to a man of stupidity?

8. What Mrs. Stanhope's peculiarity when it comes to writing letters about specific people, places and events?

9. What does Belinda realize about people who seem happy, including Lady Delacour?

10. What are the arguments presented by Belinda that prompt Lady Delacour to allow a doctor's presence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Helena's relationship with her mother. What are the circumstances that bring Helena to living with another family? What changes in the lives of the two and how does this change their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Belinda's affection for Mr. Hervey with her affection for Mr. Vincent. How are the two men different, and how do these differences affect Belinda's relationship with each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Lady Delacour comes to know about Virginia and how she brings Virginia's engagement to an end?

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