View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is the fate of Mr. Champfort?

2. Lord Delacour meets Mr. Hervey in the park. What does Lord Delacour tell Mr. Hervey he wants to talk about?

3. Who does Lady Delacour say first taught Lord Delacour to drink?

4. Why does Belinda say she cannot take this to Helena?

5. Who is the stranger who climbs the wall to see Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marriott come to have the information about Mr. Hervey's relationship with a young woman?

2. What does Mrs. Feke say she is a champion of and how does that compare with Mr. Percival's opinion?

3. Why does Mr. Vincent plan to tell Belinda about his gambling losses and why does he hesitate?

4. What does Rachel's grandmother ask of Mr. Hervey from her deathbed and what is the conversation that follows?

5. What does Belinda say she fears might happen if she gives in to Ann's request to become better acquainted with Mr. Vincent?

6. Briefly describe the domestic tranquility Belinda finds at Ann's home.

7. How does Mr. Hervey meet Rachel?

8. Very briefly describe the meeting between Helena and Lady Delacour when Helena returns home from school.

9. What does Mrs. Luttridge do when she discovers that Mr. Hervey is present and why?

10. What is the situation between Lord Delacour and Lady Delacour after she reveals her illness and what is decided with regard to her decision to move to the country for the operation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe Belinda's friendship with Lady Delacour. The relationship undergoes several upheavals over time. List at least two obstacles facing the friendships of the two women and how they overcome these to remain friends.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 899 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample