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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Belford have to leave Clarissa's neighborhood to visit Belton?
(a) Because Belton promised Belford a lot of money for visiting him.
(b) Because Belton is dying.
(c) Because Belton is giving a ball, and Belford has to be there.
(d) Because Lovelace wants Belford to leave so he can visit Clarissa alone.

4. 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 is so upset she has lost the ability to hold a pen.
(c) Clarissa doesn't get the letter, because she's in jail.
(d) Clarissa thinks Miss Howe's letter is a forgery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lovelace respond when the dying Clarissa forgives him?

2. Who does Lovelace hope to see at Colonel Ambrose's ball?

3. Why does Clarissa want copies of Lovelace's letters to Belford?

4. What does Arabella say in her letter that arrived after Clarissa's death?

5. What damaging fact does Mr. Brand report to Clarissa's family?

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