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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Harlowe family is grieving Clarissa's death, what does Colonel Morden say was Clarissa's only fault?

3. Why does Belford have to leave Clarissa's neighborhood to visit Belton?

4. After reading the letter in which Clarissa mentions going to her "father's house," what does Lovelace guess might have changed Clarissa's thinking?

5. What makes Colonel Morden threaten to avenge Clarissa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many examples of people having a hard time telling whether a person or object in front of them is what it appears to be. What do you think Richardson's message about deception is? Support your answer with three examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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