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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 Lady Delacour's reaction when Helena hugs her?

2. Who wins the game between Mr. Hervey and the Spainaird?

3. What is the question the children ask the doctor about fish?

4. What does Lady Delacour call the little cabinet beyond her bedchamber?

5. What does Lady Delacour say are Lawless's dying words?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the race between Mr. Hervey and Sir Phillip and what does each say about the outcome?

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

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

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 are the basics of the note Lady Delacour sends to Belinda the day after the ball?

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

8. What does Mrs. Stanhope say should be Belinda's first actions and what must she avoid, considering the rumors that are circulating?

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

10. How do Belinda and Mr. Hervey convince Lady Delacour to see Helena?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Mr. Hervey's first impressions of Belinda with Belinda's first impressions of Mr. Hervey. How do the impressions of each change over time? Why is this significant to the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Vincent says that Belinda could be more passionate if she had some faults. What does he mean by this statement? What are Belinda's faults? What are her strengths?

Essay Topic 3

How does Belinda come to be in London? How and why does she leave the home of her first hosts, and why does she later return?

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