Q5

Quiz 5 – Defensive Card Play Rules

Check your understanding of the defensive card play lessons (760–764). There are two questions for each lesson – as you select an answer you will receive instant feedback on your choice. If any of the ideas feel new, go back and review the lesson shown in the question before trying again.

 It lets you win the trick before dummy can play
 It only ever applies to the defenders, never to declarer
 Your partner plays last to the trick and can win it as cheaply as possible

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 The Queen - to try to win the trick at once
 The 3 - second hand low
 It makes no difference which card dummy plays


 The King
 The 9
 The 6


 The King - your highest card
 The Queen - the cheapest of your touching honours
 The 10 - keep both honours back


 Leading a suit where the opponent playing after you is strong, so partner can beat their high cards
 Always leading your own strongest suit
 Leading a suit where the strong opponent plays last to the trick


 It forces dummy to win the trick immediately
 Only because every other suit is worse
 Partner plays after dummy and can cover whatever club dummy plays


 Cover with the King - it forces two of their honours on one trick
 Play low and keep your King safe
 It makes no difference whether you cover


 Yes - cover the Queen immediately with your King
 Not yet - play low on the Queen, and cover the Jack when it is led
 No - never cover with this holding


 To exhaust the suit from one opponent's hand and cut the defenders' communication
 To save your Ace for the last trick of the hand
 To win as many early tricks as possible


 A duck is in the opponents' suit; a hold-up is in your own suit
 Only declarer can duck; only defenders can hold up
 A hold-up is in a suit the opponents led; a duck is in a suit you are playing yourself

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