Which game does Belinda play in the, 'Hampton Court'?
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A.
Ombre
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B.
Chess
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C.
Golf
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D.
Carrom
Correct Answer:
A. Ombre
Explanation:
The correct answer is Ombre. In Alexander Pope's mock-epic poem, 'The Rape of the Lock,' the protagonist Belinda participates in a high-stakes card game called Ombre while at Hampton Court Palace. The poet describes this fashionable 18th-century game using grand, military metaphors to satirize the trivial pastimes of the aristocracy, portraying the cards as soldiers engaged in a heroic battle on a velvet-covered table. Belinda ultimately emerges victorious from this intense match just before the Baron's infamous theft of her lock of hair.
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