Clarissa Quiz

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Who writes to Clarissa renewing an old marriage proposal and swearing to stay single as long as Clarissa is available to marry him? (from Letters 425-438 dated August 24th through August 26th)

Mr. Solmes.

Mr. Hickman's brother.

Miss Howe's Uncle Howard Howe.

Mr. Wyerley.

Why do the women at Mrs. Moore's house take Lovelace's side? (from Letters 225-229 dated June 8th)

Clarissa is mean to them.

Lovelace tells the women that Clarissa is his wife.

Women always side with a good-looking man.

Lovelace promises to make them all rich if they help him.

What does Brand say about Belford's relationship with Clarissa? (from Letters 439-446 dated August 28th through August 31st)

That he thinks Belford is Lovelace in disguise.

That he thinks Belford is a drug dealer.

That he thinks Belford is trying to convince Clarissa to leave her money to Belford.

That he thinks Belford gives Clarissa money.

How does Clarissa pay the doctor? (from Letters 321-332 dated July 7th through July 18th)

She tells the doctor her family will pay him after she dies.

She sells some of her clothes.

She gets money from Lovelace.

She gives the doctor cookies she baked.

In Clarissa's posthumous letter to Lovelace, what does she say about her feelings for him? (from Letters 508-520 dated September 16th through September 26th)

That she liked him a little, but no more than she liked Mr. Solmes.

That she never cared for him.

That she once loved him but now hates him, and expects he will be punished when he dies.

That she did prefer him and hopes for his reformation.