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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 is Clara hysterical with when she learns about the murders from Hallett?

2. What does Clara feel desperate about when she agrees to meet Carwin?

3. Who enters the room when Wieland gets ready to kill Clara?

4. What does Clara retrieve from her house when she encounters Carwin?

5. What does Clara accuse Carwin of doing to Wieland?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clara recover from the trauma of the previous events?

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

3. How does Theodore Wieland, Clara's brother, admit his guilt upfront and explain the reason for his murder?

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

5. When Carwin wants to understand why she is cursing him, what does she say?

6. When Wieland collapses in sorrow, why does he still kill himself?

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

8. How do Clara and Pleyel reunite?

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

10. When a group enters Clara's room led by Mr. Hallett, what does Clara learn, leading her grieving to Mrs. Baynton's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Certain relationships create a good foundation for the story. When Theodore preaches to his family, they all interact in a very convincing manner. Describe why this relationship is believable.

Essay Topic 2

Murder and violence appears throughout Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. Who commits murder? Who is violent? In what ways are characters violent or abusive? What is their effect on other characters and their lives? Do these characters change over time?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as exhibited in Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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