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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lovelace know about everything that happens at Clarissa's house?
(a) He is psychic.
(b) He has hired one of their servants as a spy.
(c) He is secretly dating Arabella, who tells him what is happening.
(d) He hangs around in the bushes and listens to their conversations.

2. What does Lovelace say is the cause of all his sins?
(a) His love of money.
(b) His love of women.
(c) His high opinion of himself.
(d) His drinking.

3. What goal does Lovelace say he will achieve by trying to seduce Clarissa?
(a) Test his own seductiveness.
(b) Keep himself busy.
(c) Test the virtue of all women.
(d) Achieve his 100th seduction.

4. Which of the following deals does Clarissa offer to James if he will stop trying to force her to marry Solmes?
(a) Clarissa will give James half her inheritance and give him her best maid to take to Scotland.
(b) Clarissa will give James all her chickens, and she will help Arabella get Lovelace to marry her.
(c) Clarissa will give up her inheritance or she will marry a servant.
(d) Clarissa will give up her inheritance or become James's maid in Scotland.

5. With whom does Lovelace have a child?
(a) Arabella.
(b) Aunt Hervey.
(c) Miss Betterton.
(d) Miss Howe.

6. Which two characters visit Clarissa in letters 37-45 to try to persuade her to marry Solmes?
(a) Miss Howe and Mrs. Howe.
(b) Rosebud and her boyfriend.
(c) Mrs. Norton and Aunt Hervey.
(d) Lovelace's aunts.

7. Lovelace tells his friend Belford that he's happy to have Clarissa under his control, but that only one thing takes away from his happiness. What is that one thing?
(a) Lovelace wishes Clarissa did not have any stain on her reputation.
(b) Lovelace suspects that Clarissa does not prefer him to any other man.
(c) Lovelace wishes that Miss Howe and Mr. Hickman could be there with them to comfort Clarissa.
(d) Lovelace finds that Clarissa is not as beautiful as he thought at first.

8. When Clarissa seems willing to marry Lovelace in order to reconcile with her family, why does that bother Lovelace?
(a) Because Lovelace does not want Clarissa to be happy.
(b) Because Lovelace has decided Clarissa is not rich enough to marry him.
(c) Because Lovelace wants Clarissa to marry him because she loves him.
(d) Because Lovelace is already secretly married to Miss Betterton.

9. What two reasons does Clarissa give for not visiting Lovelace's aunt, Lady Betty Lawrence?
(a) Clarissa is rich, but Lady Betty is poor.
(b) Clarissa has no clothes, and Lady Betty warned her not to come.
(c) Clarissa is ill, and Lady Betty is boring.
(d) Clarissa has no clothes, and Lady Betty has not invited her.

10. Why do Arabella and James want Clarissa to marry Solmes before Colonel Morden returns?
(a) James and Arabella know Morden will be happy about the marriage and they want to surprise him.
(b) James and Arabella are afraid Morden will give Clarissa her independence.
(c) James and Arabella think Morden will talk Solmes out of wanting to marry Clarissa.
(d) James and Arabella plan to murder Morden when he returns and inherit his property.

11. Why does Mr. Belford disapprove of Lovelace's plan to "test" Clarissa?
(a) Because Belford is afraid Lovelace will end up in jail.
(b) Because the situation is unfair.
(c) Because Belford fears that Clarissa will commit suicide.
(d) Because Belford is a minister.

12. How does Solmes believe husbands should handle wives?
(a) Keep them barefoot and in the kitchen.
(b) Allow them to act any way they want.
(c) Rule them through fear.
(d) Treat them with love and respect.

13. How does Lovelace's talk with the God of Love about Clarissa end?
(a) The God of Love gives up on Clarissa.
(b) The God of Love convinces Lovelace to treat Clarissa like a queen.
(c) The God of Love tells Lovelace that Clarissa really loves Mr. Hickman.
(d) Lovelace tells the God of Love that he will become a better man in order to deserve Clarissa.

14. What makes Lord M a bad choice for someone to give Clarissa away at the wedding?
(a) Clarissa hates Lord M.
(b) Lord M is ill with gout, so they can't set a date.
(c) Lord M hates Clarissa and does not want Lovelace to get married.
(d) Lord M is very ugly.

15. After the Howes learn of Lovelace's many tricks and his use of drugs to rape Clarissa, what do they think Clarissa should do?
(a) Go to rehab to make sure she does not get addicted.
(b) Bring legal charges against Lovelace.
(c) Drug him with opium and leave him in the gutter.
(d) Marry Mr. Solmes quickly, in case Clarissa is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Clarissa runs away after the fire, what does she plan to do if Lovelace does not find her?

2. Why does Arabella say the Harlowes refuse to send Clarissa her money or jewelry?

3. Where is Clarissa planning to go while Lovelace visits the dying Lord M?

4. What does Mr. Belton learn that his mistress did to him?

5. What contest does Clarissa challenge James to?

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