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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 Catherine plead for until her last breath?
2. Three years after the event of attempted murder, where is Clara?
3. What does Clara find by the bed that shocks her after seeing what Carwin left her?
4. What has Carwin been accused of in the story that Pleyel reads about him?
5. What does Clara discover about Pleyel's lover?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Wieland is confused and disoriented, what actions do he and Clara take to prepare to fight?
2. Why does Clara appeal to Wieland about Carwin's deceit, and how does Wieland respond?
3. Why does Pleyel suspect Clara of being involved with Carwin when he gets to her house?
4. How does Carwin stop Wieland from killing Clara?
5. How does Clara react to Wieland's confession?
6. When Wieland collapses in sorrow, why does he still kill himself?
7. Upon reaching her house, what does Clara find that is mysterious and makes her think Carwin has committed some strange deed?
8. What happens when Clara finds a note from Carwin?
9. Since Clara is desperate from the loss of affection from Pleyel, why does she rush home to see Carwin, and why does she not have him arrested?
10. How do Clara and Pleyel reunite?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did the author mean by calling the book Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist?
Essay Topic 2
The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of family relationships. Identify at least two instances of this motifs.
Essay Topic 3
Love is a recurring theme in Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. How does Clara's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has she expanded her awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for Clara? How does her feelings for Pleyel develop and change, and how does her relationship with him contrast with that of other men that she has had romantic or an idealized relationship with?
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