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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Lovelace vomit?
(a) He took a drug to make himself throw up.
(b) A bad smell in the house.
(c) Nerves about the wedding.
(d) Bad shellfish.

2. When does Clarissa say she will set a wedding date?
(a) As soon as her family says they will come to the wedding.
(b) As soon as Lovelace gets a marriage license.
(c) As soon as the dressmaker finishes her wedding dress.
(d) As soon as she talks to her wedding planner.

3. When Lovelace and Clarissa get a room together at an inn, what do they pretend to be?
(a) Uncle and niece.
(b) Actors.
(c) Grandfather and granddaughter.
(d) Brother and sister.

4. What contest does Clarissa challenge James to?
(a) A game of chess.
(b) A duel.
(c) A debate.
(d) A wrestling match.

5. Where is Clarissa planning to go while Lovelace visits the dying Lord M?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Hampstead.
(c) The Isle of Wight.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lovelace's talk with the God of Love about Clarissa end?

2. In addition to the information about the Widow Sinclair, what else does the revealing letter from Miss Howe say?

3. How does Clarissa learn that the "Lady Betty" she first saw in London was an impostor?

4. How does Clarissa know what Lovelace and Tomlinson said to each other?

5. Who is Mrs. Townsend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the description of the way Clarissa is mourned continue to develop Clarissa's character?

2. Dolly says that if she were in Clarissa's position, she would marry Lovelace. What do you think Clarissa should do?

3. How does the reaction of Lovelace's friends to Clarissa characterize Lovelace's friends?

4. Describe Mr. Lovelace's character as it has been revealed in Letters 1-10.

5. In terms of symbolism, compare the bloody nose Clarissa gets while trying to escape from Widow Sinclair's house with the earlier injury to her hand when her brother tried to make her hold Mr. Solmes's hand.

6. Do you think Clarissa is right to keep refusing offers of money from Lovelace and Miss Howe?

7. When Miss Howe describes Clarissa's character in response to Belford's request, how closely does the description Miss Howe gives fit your understanding of Clarissa's character as it has been developed earlier in the novel?

8. After Clarissa's return to the Widow Sinclair's house, do you think that she is right to be more pessimistic about the final outcome of her relationship with Lovelace?

9. Why do you think Lovelace can not maintain his feelings of repentance?

10. Why does Clarissa dislike Lovelace's party so much?

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