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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lovelace talks to Hickman, he says Clarissa lets someone else court her. Who?
(a) Solmes.
(b) Death.
(c) The God of Love.
(d) Belford.

2. Why doesn't Clarissa respond to Miss Howe's letter suggesting she put herself under Lady Betty's protection and marry Lovelace?
(a) Clarissa is still not speaking to Miss Howe.
(b) Clarissa doesn't get the letter, because she's in jail.
(c) Clarissa is so upset she has lost the ability to hold a pen.
(d) Clarissa thinks Miss Howe's letter is a forgery.

3. What reason does Clarissa's doctor give for saying she does not have to pay him?
(a) The doctor wants to marry Clarissa.
(b) The doctor says Lovelace should pay him, since he ravished Clarissa.
(c) The doctor says the government should pay him, since Clarissa is so wonderful.
(d) Some of his visits are social.

4. Why does learning what Mr. Brand said in his letter to her family change the way Clarissa thinks about her family's treatment of her?
(a) Because Brand told them that they should reconcile with her, but they ignored him.
(b) Because the information that Brand provided made Clarissa look very bad.
(c) Because Brand was watching the wrong woman, so everything he told them was about someone else.
(d) Because Brand had been paid off by Mr. Solmes to lie about Clarissa.

5. Which member of Lovelace's family agrees that Clarissa ought to let Lovelace visit her one last time?
(a) Lord M.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Lord D.
(d) Lovelace's younger brother Robert.

6. When Lovelace reads Clarissa's letter about going to her "father's house," why is he happy?
(a) If Clarissa goes to her father's house, Lovelace doesn't have to worry about her any more.
(b) He thinks Clarissa intends to marry him.
(c) Lovelace plans to set Harlowe Place on fire, so Clarissa is playing right into his hand.
(d) Lovelace knows it is easy to get Clarissa to run away from her father's house.

7. How does Clarissa plan to pay for her funeral?
(a) She hopes that it will cost her family a lot of money.
(b) She asks Miss Howe to take up a collection among her friends.
(c) She sells her clothes.
(d) She asks Lovelace to pay, since her death is his fault.

8. What makes Colonel Morden threaten to avenge Clarissa?
(a) Morden learns that Clarissa was raped, not seduced.
(b) Morden learns from Brand that everyone is saying Morden's reputation is stained by Clarissa's actions.
(c) Morden realizes that Lovelace stole Clarissa's money.
(d) Morden finds out that Clarissa was pregnant.

9. Who is the Belfords' housekeeper?
(a) Widow Lovick.
(b) Mrs. Harlowe.
(c) Mrs. Norton.
(d) Mrs. Howe.

10. Why does Colonel Morden hide from Clarissa?
(a) He thinks it would cheer her up if he jumped out from behind the curtains.
(b) He doesn't want to shock her, since she hasn't seen him in a long time and she is sick.
(c) He knows Clarissa hates when people watch her sleeping, so he doesn't want her to know he was doing that.
(d) He is afraid to see her because he feels guilty about not having helped her more.

11. In Clarissa's posthumous letter to Lovelace, what does she say about her feelings for him?
(a) That she did prefer him and hopes for his reformation.
(b) That she liked him a little, but no more than she liked Mr. Solmes.
(c) That she once loved him but now hates him, and expects he will be punished when he dies.
(d) That she never cared for him.

12. Why does Miss Howe say Clarissa's death makes it hard for her to marry Hickman?
(a) Because Hickman is busy being Clarissa's executor.
(b) Because Mrs. Howe doesn't trust men any more, after what happened to Clarissa.
(c) Because she wants Clarissa's advice to help her get used to being a wife.
(d) Because Hickman doesn't care about Miss Howe as much now that Clarissa is dead.

13. To whom does Clarissa want her picture of Miss Howe to be given?
(a) Mr. Hickman.
(b) Mr. Wyerley.
(c) Mrs. Howe.
(d) Lovelace.

14. When Lovelace goes to Clarissa's lodgings and she is not there, who does Lovelace leave to spy on her?
(a) Solmes
(b) His aunt.
(c) Will.
(d) Bill.

15. Who writes to Clarissa renewing an old marriage proposal and swearing to stay single as long as Clarissa is available to marry him?
(a) Miss Howe's Uncle Howard Howe.
(b) Mr. Hickman's brother.
(c) Mr. Solmes.
(d) Mr. Wyerley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clarissa do after the charges against her are dropped?

2. After Mr. Harlowe renounces his curse, what does Clarissa write to her mother to ask for?

3. What is Clarissa's coffin like?

4. What do Lovelace's relatives want to give Clarissa to show their regard for her?

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

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