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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. Whose voice does Clara hear in the house as she comes to meet Carwin for their eleven o'clock meeting?
(a) Carwin.
(b) Mark.
(c) Jason.
(d) James.

2. Whose actions remain unknown in the murders according to Thomas?
(a) Charles.
(b) Clara.
(c) Carwin.
(d) Brown.

3. What does Carwin tell Clara that he has no knowledge of regarding Wieland?
(a) His friendships.
(b) His strength.
(c) His madness.
(d) His power.

4. What does Wieland learn that he must take responsibility for instead of killing Clara?
(a) His strength.
(b) His regrets.
(c) His actions.
(d) His fears.

5. What does Wieland think Carwin is that enables him to manipulate him?
(a) A driver.
(b) An exile.
(c) A demon.
(d) A ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Clara wish to see before she returns with her uncle abroad?

2. What is Clara surprised to see inside the house as she comes to meet Carwin for their eleven o'clock meeting?

3. What has Carwin been accused of in the story that Pleyel reads about him?

4. What does Clara drop that Wieland seizes and uses to hurt himself?

5. Who enters Clara's room and cries, asking for another victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the strong convictions of Wieland show his madness?

2. Why does Wieland not kill Clara?

3. Upon seeing Clara in the room with the dead body, what does Wieland say and do?

4. How is Carwin described in the newspaper?

5. Why does Clara appeal to Wieland about Carwin's deceit, and how does Wieland respond?

6. When Clara enters her house to get her diary, what does she experience, and who arrives?

7. Why does Pleyel suspect Clara of being involved with Carwin when he gets to her house?

8. How does Clara react to Wieland's confession?

9. How does Carwin stop Wieland from killing Clara?

10. What does Clara's uncle tell her about Carwin and the killer?

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