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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 477-499 dated September 7th through September 10th.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who (besides Clarissa) asks Belford to be the executor of a will?
(a) Belton and Lovelace.
(b) Miss Howe and Mr. Hickman.
(c) Lord M and Colonel Morden.
(d) Uncle Antony and Uncle Harlowe.

2. After being ravished, what is the main thing Clarissa wants from her family?
(a) She wants her jewelry.
(b) She wants her mother to take her to the hospital.
(c) She wants her parents to pay for a lawyer to take Lovelace to court.
(d) She wants her father to renounce his curse against her.

3. Why does Lord M want Lovelace to have children with Clarissa?
(a) Because Lord M loves kids.
(b) So that Lovelace will have legitimate heirs.
(c) Because Lord M thinks fatherhood will help Lovelace stop drinking so much.
(d) Because Lord M knows that Clarissa loves kids.

4. How do Lovelace's friends react when they learn that Clarissa does not like them?
(a) They say she is reasonable and that Lovelace should marry her.
(b) They tell Lovelace that Clarissa is not good enough to be his wife.
(c) They all decide to go to church.
(d) They hope Clarissa will like them more later.

5. What does Clarissa say about Mrs. Howe's refusal to help her?
(a) Clarissa says that Mrs. Howe's decision proves that she is out of her mind.
(b) Clarissa says Mrs. Howe made the right decision in refusing to help her.
(c) Clarissa says Mrs. Howe is the meanest old woman she knows.
(d) Clarissa says Mrs. Howe is going to pay for refusing to help her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the women at Mrs. Moore's house take Lovelace's side?

2. When Clarissa's family say that they don't believe that she is very sick, what does she say will prove it?

3. Who, besides Lovelace, does Morden almost fight when he meets with Lovelace?

4. What does Clarissa explain she meant when she said she hoped she would be able to receive Mr. Lovelace in her father's house?

5. Why doesn't Clarissa read the letter from Miss Howe that tells her that Widow Sinclair keeps a house of prostitution as soon as the letter arrives?

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