2. Why does Dorcas refuse to answer any more questions after telling the mysterious servant that Lovelace and Clarissa are married?
(a) Because Dorcas is unpredictable.
(b) Because the servant will not say why he is asking.
(c) Because the servant kissed Dorcas.
(d) Because Dorcas does not know the answers to the questions he is asking.

3. Which of the following best describes the style of this book?
(a) A play.
(b) One long letter written by one person.
(c) A young woman's diary.
(d) A series of letters exchanged between several people.

4. How does Clarissa's maid Betty treat her?
(a) Betty worships Clarissa.
(b) Betty fears Clarissa.
(c) Betty treats Clarissa rudely.
(d) Betty tries to help Clarissa escape.

5. Who is Miss Howe?
(a) Clarissa and Arabella's nanny.
(b) Arabella's best friend.
(c) Clarissa's best friend.
(d) Clarissa's sister.

6. Which of the following deals does Clarissa offer to James if he will stop trying to force her to marry Solmes?
(a) Clarissa will give up her inheritance or she will marry a servant.
(b) Clarissa will give James half her inheritance and give him her best maid to take to Scotland.
(c) Clarissa will give James all her chickens, and she will help Arabella get Lovelace to marry her.
(d) Clarissa will give up her inheritance or become James's maid in Scotland.

7. What important news does Colonel Morden's letter contain?
(a) Colonel Morden thinks Clarissa should have married Solmes.
(b) Colonel Morden is never returning to England.
(c) Colonel Morden has learned that Lovelace is really Clarissa's brother.
(d) Colonel Morden has challenged James to a duel.

8. Which of the following is one of the things Lovelace wrote in a forged letter, which is made to look like it was written by Miss Howe?
(a) That Clarissa should not care about being ruined, since it's silly to expect a woman to stay a virgin until she is married.
(b) That Mr. Hickman has ruined Miss Howe.
(c) That Mr. Lovelace raped Miss Howe while she was on her way to visit her aunt.
(d) That Lovelace no longer intends to ruin Clarissa.

9. When the Harlowes learn that Clarissa has run off with Lovelace, which family member is actually sad for Clarissa?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt Clarissa.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

10. After Clarissa's family decide they don't want her to marry Lovelace, who do they pick out for her to marry instead?
(a) Mr. Solmes.
(b) Mr. Lovelace's older brother.
(c) Mr. Salmon, who is 99 years old.
(d) Miss Howe's brother.

11. When Clarissa visits Lovelace's bedroom in her nightgown, what does she ask him?
(a) What is going to happen to her next.
(b) Whether he likes this nightgown.
(c) Why he didn't marry Arabella.
(d) Why he does not get mental help.

12. What does Clarissa do with the proposed marriage settlement Lovelace gives to her?
(a) Sends it to Mrs. Harlowe.
(b) Sends it to Miss Howe for her approval.
(c) Changes it, so that Clarissa gets more money.
(d) Burns it.

13. With whom does Lovelace have a child?
(a) Aunt Hervey.
(b) Miss Howe.
(c) Miss Betterton.
(d) Arabella.

14. When Miss Howe finds out that Clarissa has run off with Lovelace, what does Miss Howe advise Clarissa to do?
(a) Marry Solmes as soon as possible.
(b) Hold out for as much money as she can get before agreeing to marry him.
(c) Run away to New York and become an actress.
(d) Marry Lovelace as soon as possible.

15. Who wrote the letter about Lovelace that Solmes reads?
(a) Miss Howe.
(b) It's anonymous.
(c) Lovelace wrote it himself.
(d) Uncle Antony.