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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator's uncle see as he enters the temple?
2. What does Clara do when she sees Pleyel to confront him?
3. What does Major Stuart recognize the orphaned girl as?
4. Where does Clara see Carwin standing?
5. What kind of novel is Wieland?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Clara go to her brother to explain?
2. What happens to the narrator's father in Chapter I?
3. What is the writing style and storyline of Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist?
4. How does Carwin try to explain the voices to Clara and her friends?
5. Who is Louisa Conway, and how is she connected to the narrator's brother?
6. What does Clara fear will appear as a sign of her guilt to Pleyel?
7. When Wieland returns from the temple, why does he look troubled?
8. What does Pleyel accuse Clara of?
9. Why is Pleyel unhappy about not receiving news from Europe?
10. When Clara hears someone enter the house, what does she assume and do after she sees Carwin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Through Clara, Brown offers a lens to view the actions of Wieland and others. Describe what Clara observes in Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist . Do you think this is realistic and characteristic of today? Do you think the issues that Brown discusses are still relevant today and if so, in what ways?
Essay Topic 2
Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist is written primarily in the third-person point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective?
Essay Topic 3
Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery establishes connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic senses. The author uses these images to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this dystopian novel.
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