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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 Wieland urge Clara to do as he believes her?
(a) Go see Pleyel.
(b) Go to bed.
(c) Call Pleyel.
(d) Write down her story.

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

3. Who joins the group at the father's temple after it is adapted for socialization?
(a) James.
(b) Henry.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Jason.

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

5. Who asks forgiveness from Clara for words spoken?
(a) Pleyel.
(b) Carwin.
(c) Brown.
(d) Wieland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which relations of the narrator die soon after the event at the temple?

2. On whom does the narrator place a focus in Chapter I?

3. What family does the narrator get close to?

4. What does Pleyel read that makes him suspect Clara?

5. What does the narrator warn about in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the warning in Chapter I about?

4. What does Clara fear will appear as a sign of her guilt to Pleyel?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Louisa Conway, and how is she connected to the narrator's brother?

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

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