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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 416-424 dated August 21st through August 23rd.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is courting Mrs. Howe?
(a) Clarissa's brother James.
(b) Uncle Antony.
(c) Clarissa's father.
(d) Lovelace.

2. When James writes to Clarissa and tells her she is basically under house arrest, where exactly does he tell her she has to stay?
(a) In the kitchen, where she will cook during the day and sleep on the floor at night.
(b) In the Tower of London.
(c) In the cellar.
(d) In her rooms, but she can go into the garden when no one else is there.

3. Which two characters visit Clarissa in letters 37-45 to try to persuade her to marry Solmes?
(a) Lovelace's aunts.
(b) Miss Howe and Mrs. Howe.
(c) Mrs. Norton and Aunt Hervey.
(d) Rosebud and her boyfriend.

4. How does Solmes believe husbands should handle wives?
(a) Keep them barefoot and in the kitchen.
(b) Allow them to act any way they want.
(c) Rule them through fear.
(d) Treat them with love and respect.

5. Why does Belford have to leave Clarissa's neighborhood to visit Belton?
(a) Because Belton is giving a ball, and Belford has to be there.
(b) Because Lovelace wants Belford to leave so he can visit Clarissa alone.
(c) Because Belton promised Belford a lot of money for visiting him.
(d) Because Belton is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest does Clarissa challenge James to?

2. What does Lovelace tell Clarissa that makes her feel bad for him?

3. What does Lovelace say is the cause of all his sins?

4. When Clarissa seems willing to marry Lovelace in order to reconcile with her family, why does that bother Lovelace?

5. Who does Clarissa write to, asking for help persuading her father not to force her to marry Solmes?

(see the answer key)

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