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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Clara vehemently pleads her innocence, what does her pleas fall upon?

2. What does the fanatic believe will happen to him after he falls into a depression?

3. Who is the narrator's brother?

4. What kind of an opinion does Pleyel have of Clara initially before he suspects her of having a relationship with Carwin?

5. What do the voices from the closet and during her walks seem to give Clara constantly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the children do with their father's old temple over the years?

2. What does Clara realize is the reason that Pleyel is withdrawing from the group?

3. How does Carwin try to explain the voices to Clara and her friends?

4. What does Pleyel believe is the reason that Clara is involved with Carwin, and how does Wieland advise her?

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

6. When Clara goes into town to confront Pleyel, why does she go to Mrs. Baynton's house?

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

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

9. What happens to the narrator's father in Chapter I?

10. What is the warning in Chapter I about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Brown's use of humor in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Catherine. What is her role in the story? What was Brown trying to accomplish by creating Catherine's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery establishes connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic senses. The author uses these images to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this dystopian novel.

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