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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 Wieland tell Clara to prepare for after he confronts her?

2. What does Clara find as she goes upstairs in the house from Carwin?

3. What does Carwin beg Clara to meet him at eleven o'clock to do with him?

4. Who has also been murdered that Hallett is forced to reveal to Clara?

5. What does Pleyel do after his suspicions of Clara are confirmed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Before Wieland can strike Clara, how does Carwin respond?

3. Why does Wieland not kill Clara?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Wieland thank God as he enters the room with Clara and Carwin?

9. How do Clara and Pleyel reunite?

10. When Wieland is confused and disoriented, what actions do he and Clara take to prepare to fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Brown uses more than one iteration on the motif of grief and loss. Identify at least two instances of grief and loss in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Brown is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, and then briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

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