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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 recognize in Theodore?

2. What does Clara discover about Pleyel's lover?

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

4. What does Wieland tell Clara to prepare for after he confronts her?

5. How is Theodore related to Clara?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Carwin described in the newspaper?

2. Why does Wieland not kill Clara?

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

4. When Clara wishes to see Wieland once more, what is Cambridge forced to admit?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Catherine. What is her role in the story? What was Brown trying to accomplish by creating Catherine's character in the novel?

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

The author uses some important instances of foreshadowing in Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. Explain what foreshadowing is and cite at least two examples making sure to explain what makes each an example of foreshadowing.

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