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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 is surprising about Wieland's incident at the temple?
(a) James left.
(b) Charles agreed to what he said.
(c) Catherine never left the house.
(d) Catherine is not his wife.

2. In what area is Wieland set?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Pittsburgh.

3. What does the narrator's uncle see as he enters the temple?
(a) Lightning.
(b) A dungeon.
(c) A cloud of light.
(d) A woman.

4. Who flees the house, leaving Clara behind?
(a) Carwin.
(b) Wieland.
(c) Charles.
(d) Brown.

5. What does the fanatic call his estate?
(a) Nottingham.
(b) Tudor.
(c) Palin.
(d) Mettingen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clara think Pleyel did that she conveys to Wieland?

2. What does Pleyel think Carwin is?

3. What did the naked and burned person inside the temple have on their arm?

4. When does Pleyel claim to have heard talking with Clara on the grounds?

5. What kind of an opinion does Pleyel have of Clara initially before he suspects her of having a relationship with Carwin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Pleyel unhappy about not receiving news from Europe?

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

4. What does Pleyel believe is the reason that Clara is involved with Carwin, and how does Wieland advise her?

5. How do the voices protect Clara from death in her room?

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

7. What did the children do with their father's old temple over the years?

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

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

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

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