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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 Judith do for Clara?

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

3. What does Clara seize from her clothing while Wieland is disoriented?

4. Why is Theodore supposed to kill his wife?

5. When Clara tells Carwin about the murders, what does the information do to Carwin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Clara and Pleyel reunite?

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

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

4. Why does Wieland not kill Clara?

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

6. What happens when Clara finds a note from Carwin?

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

8. 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?

9. When Carwin hears Judith's glowing tribute to Clara, how does he test it out?

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

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

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 3

Describe some of the settings for Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period, and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did Brown choose to use these places in Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist?

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