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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. Why does Lady Delacour ask Belinda to help with her pearls?

2. What does Lady Delacour say caused the final break with her friend, Mrs. Freke?

3. Who does Lady Delacour say is the only man who truly loved her?

4. What question does Lady Delacour ask when Sir Phillip says that Mr. Hervey has an emotional attachment elsewhere?

5. Who is the first person Lady Delacour and Belinda see when they enter the dance at Lady Singleton's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What kind of person is Anne?

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

10. What is the advice Mrs. Stanhope gives Belinda about her reputation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a great deal of talk about romantic love, including the fact that Rachel (Virginia) was protected from the outside world by her grandmother in an effort to keep her from romantic entanglements. What do the women of the story look for in romantic love and which of them are most successful in their quest?

Essay Topic 2

There are several people identified only by initial, including "Dr. X." What is the reason what is significant about the characters identified in this way?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Rachel? How does she come to be known as Virginia? How is she reunited with her father?

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