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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Clarissa faint when she finds out that they cannot leave the Widow Sinclair's house because Charlotte is sick?
(a) Clarissa knows that Lovelace's next step will be to kidnap her and take her to Australia.
(b) The air at the Widow Sinclair's house smells so bad that Clarissa passed out from the fumes.
(c) She believes this is the final blow to her reputation.
(d) Charlotte is her best friend.

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

3. What does James plan to do with Clarissa if he "rescues" her?
(a) Send Clarissa to a madhouse.
(b) Have Clarissa arrested and sent to jail for prostitution.
(c) Send Clarissa to his estate in Scotland.
(d) Send Clarissa to a convent.

4. When Clarissa seems willing to marry Lovelace in order to reconcile with her family, why does that bother Lovelace?
(a) Because Lovelace has decided Clarissa is not rich enough to marry him.
(b) Because Lovelace does not want Clarissa to be happy.
(c) Because Lovelace is already secretly married to Miss Betterton.
(d) Because Lovelace wants Clarissa to marry him because she loves him.

5. Who does Miss Howe threaten to take revenge on when her mother refuses to give Clarissa protection?
(a) All men.
(b) Uncle Antony.
(c) Mr. Solmes.
(d) Mr. Hickman.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Clarissa's family decide they don't want her to marry Lovelace, who do they pick out for her to marry instead?

2. After Lovelace's party, what request does Clarissa get from Miss Partington?

3. Why is Clarissa's family happy that she has agreed to see Solmes?

4. When Miss Howe says she is going to write to Clarissa even though her mother does not allow her to, what does Clarissa tell her?

5. Where is Clarissa planning to go while Lovelace visits the dying Lord M?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Clarissa's challenge to debate with James change what you think of her character? Why or why not?

2. What is the point of Clarissa leaving nothing to James, Arabella or Lovelace?

3. How does the conversation between Belford and Hickman in the coffeehouse characterize Belford?

4. How does Belford's behavior after Clarissa's death develop his character?

5. Are Clarissa's letters to her family what you expected? Why or why not?

6. Lovelace says he does not want to use force, but he doesn't know how to overcome Clarissa's will. What options does he have?

7. Do you think Clarissa's situation after she runs off with Lovelace is worse than what would have happened to her if she had stayed at her parents?

8. In letters 22-30, Clarissa is given three suggestions for getting away from her family. Lovelace offers to take her away twice, and Miss Howe tells her that she should move into her grandfather's estate, which is legally hers. Do you think Clarissa should have taken one of these choices? Why or why not, and if so, which one?

9. Is Miss Howe a good friend to Clarissa? Why or why not?

10. Do you believe Lovelace will really go through with his plot to rape Miss Howe and Mrs. Howe? Why or why not?

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