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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lovick tell Lovelace gives Clarissa the strength to leave the house?
(a) Opium.
(b) Clarissa's fear of Lovelace.
(c) Clarissa's fear of her father.
(d) Clarissa's love of Solmes.

2. Which adjective best describes Clarissa's behavior when discussing her death with the doctor?
(a) Calm.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Angry.
(d) Hysterical.

3. What makes Lovelace's family accuse him of evil-doing in relation to Clarissa?
(a) Lovelace seems to be lying when they ask Lady Betty asks him questions about Clarissa.
(b) Clarissa has a bad reputation, so Lovelace's family assume that Clarissa corrupted Lovelace.
(c) His family knows that all Lovelace ever does is evil.
(d) His family has seen Clarissa's letters to Lovelace.

4. What languages did Clarissa know well, besides English?
(a) Spanish and Chinese.
(b) German and Russian.
(c) French and Italian.
(d) Latin and Greek.

5. When most of Clarissa's family agrees to let Mrs. Norton go to visit Clarissa while she is dying, which member of the family holds out?
(a) Aunt Antonia.
(b) James.
(c) Mrs. Howe.
(d) Uncle Antony.

6. What is Clarissa's coffin like?
(a) Very fancy and beautiful.
(b) Very ugly.
(c) Completely transparent (made out of glass).
(d) Very plain.

7. What does Brand say about Belford's relationship with Clarissa?
(a) That he thinks Belford is trying to convince Clarissa to leave her money to Belford.
(b) That he thinks Belford is a drug dealer.
(c) That he thinks Belford gives Clarissa money.
(d) That he thinks Belford is Lovelace in disguise.

8. How does Clarissa pay the doctor?
(a) She gives the doctor cookies she baked.
(b) She gets money from Lovelace.
(c) She tells the doctor her family will pay him after she dies.
(d) She sells some of her clothes.

9. Why does Clarissa tell Morden he should not avenge her?
(a) Because Lovelace is good with a sword and will kill Morden.
(b) Because vengeance is God's job.
(c) Because if he kills Lovelace, Lord M will come to kill Morden.
(d) Because she always loved Lovelace.

10. Who does Clarissa instruct Belford to be friends with?
(a) Lovelace.
(b) James.
(c) Colonel Morden.
(d) The varlets.

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

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

13. After Mr. Harlowe renounces his curse, what does Clarissa write to her mother to ask for?
(a) To be allowed to come home.
(b) To restore her joy.
(c) The money her grandfather left her.
(d) A last blessing before she dies.

14. What is Colonel Morden's plan for what Clarissa should do if she doesn't die?
(a) Go hide in Pennsylvania.
(b) Travel with Colonel Morden for several years.
(c) Marry Mr. Wyerley, if he will still have her.
(d) Live with Miss Howe.

15. Who takes over the Poor Fund after Mrs. Norton's death?
(a) Widow Sinclair.
(b) Mrs. Hickman (formerly Miss Howe).
(c) Mrs. Harlowe.
(d) Widow Lovick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops Lovelace and Morden from fighting?

2. Who does Clarissa especially want to prevent from viewing her body?

3. What does Clarissa do with her coffin while she's still alive?

4. What does Morden bring Clarissa?

5. 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?

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