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

2. How does Captain Tomlinson feel about helping to trick Clarissa after talking with her at Mrs. Moore's house?
(a) Full of anger at Clarissa.
(b) Hopeful that the tricks will succeed.
(c) Guilty and regretful.
(d) Very amused.

3. Why does Arabella say the Harlowes refuse to send Clarissa her money or jewelry?
(a) Because the family has gone bankrupt.
(b) Because they don't think it is safe to mail money and jewelry.
(c) Because they want to see her beg in the streets.
(d) Because they don't want the money to end up in Lovelace's hands.

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

5. Why does Lord M want Lovelace to have children with Clarissa?
(a) Because Lord M thinks fatherhood will help Lovelace stop drinking so much.
(b) Because Lord M loves kids.
(c) So that Lovelace will have legitimate heirs.
(d) Because Lord M knows that Clarissa loves kids.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose house is Clarissa staying in while in London?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Clarissa do with the proposed marriage settlement Lovelace gives to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Clarissa reveals that Lovelace used drugs to ravish her, the Howes suggest legal action. Why do you think no one brought up this idea before?

2. 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?

3. How does Clarissa selling her clothes to pay for her funeral reflect on her situation?

4. Do you believe that Lovelace is really repentant when he tells Mr. Hickman and Miss Howe that he is, at Colonel Ambrose's ball?

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

6. After Clarissa's ravishment, she believes she is losing her mind. Lovelace blames it on the effect of the drugs he used on her. Based on her symptoms, do you think it is the drugs or the rape that makes her act the way she does?

7. How does Arabella's letter refusing to forgive Clarissa develop Arabella's character?

8. How does the description of the way Clarissa is mourned continue to develop Clarissa's character?

9. Do you think it's right for Miss Howe to wear mourning clothes, even though Clarissa told her not to? Why or why not?

10. When Lovelace says he loves and hates Clarissa simultaneously, and can you see his point of view? Why or why not?

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