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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. When Clara goes into town to confront Pleyel, what does she experience?
(a) She gets stronger.
(b) She gets afraid.
(c) She gets angry.
(d) She gets ill.

2. What does the religious fanatic build for his beliefs?
(a) A church.
(b) A temple.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A mosque.

3. Who does Clara recognize Carwin to be?
(a) The writer.
(b) The priest.
(c) The strange man.
(d) The lover.

4. Who does the narrator go to live with along with a sibling?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

5. When Clara is alone in her room, what does she wake up to hear?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cry.
(c) A whisper.
(d) A love song.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pleyel does not arrive as arranged, what does Clara wonder about?

2. What had Carwin begged for from Clara a few weeks prior to Pleyel mentioning meeting him?

3. Why does Pleyel withdraw from the social group that includes Carwin?

4. What has left Pleyel because of his jealousy over Clara?

5. What does Pleyel worry that Carwin might do to Clara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara learn from the voice while walking the estate before she runs into Pleyel?

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

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

4. What is the writing style and storyline of Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist?

5. When Carwin steps out of the closet, what does he reveal to Clara before fleeing?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist satirize popular Gothic novels?

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