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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. What does Carwin rationalize?
(a) His fears.
(b) Mysterious events.
(c) His desires.
(d) His loves.

2. Who does the narrator's brother argue with after seeing a letter?
(a) Wieland.
(b) Charles.
(c) Brown.
(d) Pleyel.

3. Whose house does Clara go to before meeting Pleyel?
(a) Mr. Marks'.
(b) Mr. Mason's.
(c) Mrs. Baynton's.
(d) Miss. Menon's.

4. When Clara vehemently pleads her innocence, what does her pleas fall upon?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Deaf ears.
(c) Friends.
(d) No one.

5. Why does Clara anticipate Pleyel's arrival?
(a) She looks forward to sharing her feelings.
(b) She misses him.
(c) She is worried about him.
(d) She is eager to help him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pleyel tease Clara about her feelings after discussing Carwin?

2. Who is the narrator's brother?

3. In what period is Wieland set?

4. In what form is the story of Wieland written?

5. What is Carwin's plan thwarted by that he tells Clara about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the narrator's uncle find when he entered the temple?

2. Where does the plot to kill Clara appear to have emanated from?

3. What does Pleyel learn from the voice that turns out to be true about his lover?

4. When Clara goes into town to confront Pleyel, why does she go to Mrs. Baynton's house?

5. When Wieland returns from the temple, why does he look troubled?

6. How does Carwin try to explain the voices to Clara and her friends?

7. What does Clara go to her brother to explain?

8. After the death of the narrator's father, what happened to her family?

9. What does Pleyel explain are his reasons for doubting Clara when she asks him to recount to her what he thinks he knows?

10. When Clara anticipates Pleyel's arrival, what does she think is the reason that he does not appear?

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