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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 Lovelace swear to get revenge on Mr. Howe and James?
(a) Because they are so mean to Clarissa.
(b) Because he finds out they hired spies to watch him.
(c) Because Mr. Howe owed him money and refused to pay.
(d) Because Arabella refused to marry him.

2. What does Mr. Belton learn that his mistress did to him?
(a) Ran off to New York.
(b) Gave Belton's money to her boyfriend.
(c) Opened a house of prostitution.
(d) Told everyone that she and Belton were not married.

3. When Lovelace and Clarissa get a room together at an inn, what do they pretend to be?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Grandfather and granddaughter.
(c) Uncle and niece.
(d) Actors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Lovelace's friends is pleased to learn of Clarissa's escape?

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

3. When Miss Howe finds out that Clarissa has run off with Lovelace, what does Miss Howe advise Clarissa to do?

4. Lovelace tells his friend Belford that he's happy to have Clarissa under his control, but that only one thing takes away from his happiness. What is that one thing?

5. How does Clarissa learn that the "Lady Betty" she first saw in London was an impostor?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Miss Howe describes Clarissa's character in response to Belford's request, how closely does the description Miss Howe gives fit your understanding of Clarissa's character as it has been developed earlier in the novel?

2. Is Lovelace's behavior after Clarissa's death what you expected? Why or why not?

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

4. Do you think Lovelace is right to insist on visiting Clarissa when he believes she is dying? Why or why not?

5. Why do you think Richardson decided to include Belton's death scene in the novel? What purpose does this scene serve?

6. Dolly says that if she were in Clarissa's position, she would marry Lovelace. What do you think Clarissa should do?

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

8. Why does Clarissa dislike Lovelace's party so much?

9. Describe Mr. Lovelace's character as it has been revealed in Letters 1-10.

10. Explain why Clarissa would think she has a "duty" to ask her family to give her a last blessing.

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