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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. Whose love affair is brought into focus intensely?
(a) Lois and Matthew.
(b) Brown and Stuart.
(c) Jan and James.
(d) Clara and Pleyel.

2. What is Carwin's plan thwarted by that he tells Clara about?
(a) Songs.
(b) Books.
(c) Letters.
(d) Warnings.

3. What is the conversation that Clara overhears from two voices in her closet about?
(a) Her murder.
(b) Her forgery.
(c) Her liberation.
(d) Her imprisonment.

4. Who does Clara recognize Carwin to be?
(a) The lover.
(b) The writer.
(c) The strange man.
(d) The priest.

5. What is the father's temple adapted into for socialization?
(a) A theater.
(b) An inn.
(c) A playhouse.
(d) A summerhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose weakness of character is revealed through conflicting emotions and an inability to logical over the Carwin-Clara relationship?

2. What does Clara identify the voice she hears and associates with the strange man?

3. Where does Pleyel intend on going?

4. Whose perceived wrongdoings are magnified to Pleyel because of dashing expectations?

5. What does Stuart send detailing his journeys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara go to her brother to explain?

2. How does the mysterious death of the narrator's father set the tone of the novel?

3. When Wieland returns from the temple, why does he look troubled?

4. Why does Pleyel end up asking Clara for forgiveness for his words?

5. What is the warning in Chapter I about?

6. How does Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist satirize popular Gothic novels?

7. What did the narrator's uncle find when he entered the temple?

8. What is the writing style and storyline of Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist?

9. When Clara hears someone enter the house, what does she assume and do after she sees Carwin?

10. Why is Pleyel unhappy about not receiving news from Europe?

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