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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. Who is Mrs. Townsend?
2. What contest does Clarissa challenge James to?
3. Clarissa admits she would prefer Lovelace if only he had what quality?
4. How does Clarissa escape while Lovelace is visiting Lord M?
5. Why does Lovelace expect to be pardoned if he succeeds in his plan to rape Mrs. Howe and Miss Howe?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Clarissa keeps refusing the money people offer her?
2. Why does Clarissa dislike Lovelace's party so much?
3. When Clarissa tells Miss Howe she has run off with Lovelace, she says she hopes Miss Howe will still love her. Why might she expect Miss Howe to change her feelings toward her? What do we learn about Miss Howe's personality from her reaction?
4. What do you think Lovelace means when he says he loves Clarissa? In other words, how do you think Lovelace would define love?
5. What is the point of Clarissa leaving nothing to James, Arabella or Lovelace?
6. What do you think Clarissa's last request is, and why?
7. In terms of symbolism, compare the bloody nose Clarissa gets while trying to escape from Widow Sinclair's house with the earlier injury to her hand when her brother tried to make her hold Mr. Solmes's hand.
8. How does Arabella's letter refusing to forgive Clarissa develop Arabella'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. Do you think Lovelace is right to insist on visiting Clarissa when he believes she is dying? Why or why not?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the techniques Richardson uses to develop characterization in "Clarissa." Using examples from any character, discuss how Richardson develops his characters through (a) their own representation of themselves in their own writing, (b) reports of what the characters do and say, and (c) what other characters say about them. What are the differences among these three methods of representing characters, in terms of how much weight each kind of evidence has?
Essay Topic 2
Although the form of an epistolary novel (a novel written in letters) is fairly unusual today, it was one of the most common ways for early novels to be written. Discuss the use of the epistolary form in "Clarissa." Discuss (a) the way letters are used to develop characterization, (b) the way epistolary form allows the author to create suspense, and (c) the way epistolary form allows readers to relate to characters.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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