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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following deals does Clarissa offer to James if he will stop trying to force her to marry Solmes?
2. At the end of this section (letters 56-74), who is Clarissa pinning her hopes on?
3. What makes Lord M a bad choice for someone to give Clarissa away at the wedding?
4. Where does Lovelace offer to take Clarissa to get her away from her family?
5. How does Lovelace know about everything that happens at Clarissa's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is Lovelace's behavior after Clarissa's death what you expected? Why or why not?
2. Do you think it's right for Miss Howe to wear mourning clothes, even though Clarissa told her not to? Why or why not?
3. In letter 31, we see one of Lovelace's own letters for the first time. Does he seem different than you expected, or about the same? Why and how?
4. Is Miss Howe a good friend to Clarissa? Why or why not?
5. 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?
6. How does the description of the way Clarissa is mourned continue to develop Clarissa's character?
7. Why do you think Clarissa keeps refusing the money people offer her?
8. Do you think Clarissa should give in and marry Solmes? Why or why not?
9. After Lovelace has his "debate" with the God of Love, do you believe he has really changed his intentions toward Clarissa?
10. It seems almost impossible for Clarissa to escape Lovelace. What factors combine to make it so hard for Clarissa to escape?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message do you think "Clarissa" has about the right way to run a family, if any? What advice do you think a parent in the eighteenth-century might have taken from this novel for running their own family?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the treatment of prostitutes in "Clarissa." How do other characters, both male and female, regard the prostitutes? What kind of character do Polly and Sally reveal? Are there any sympathetic or positive representations of prostitutes in this novel?
Essay Topic 3
There is a great deal of irony in "Clarissa," including verbal irony, dramatic irony and situational irony. Give an example of each kind of irony and discuss its effect on the reader.
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