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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family member recommends to Clarissa to stop seeing Belford, in hopes that she might be able to reconcile with the rest of the family if she does?
(a) Clarissa's mother.
(b) Uncle Antony.
(c) Clarissa's father.
(d) James.

2. Who inherits the lands that were supposed to go to Lovelace?
(a) Belford's son.
(b) James.
(c) Arabella.
(d) M'Donald.

3. Who stops Lovelace and Morden from fighting?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Mr. Hickman.
(c) Lord M.
(d) Uncle Antony.

4. Which members of Clarissa's family complain about her bequests to Dolly and Mrs. Norton?
(a) Sally and Polly.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Howe.
(c) James and Arabella.
(d) Dolly and Mrs. Norton.

5. Which member of Lovelace's family agrees that Clarissa ought to let Lovelace visit her one last time?
(a) Lord D.
(b) Lord M.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Lovelace's younger brother Robert.

6. How does Morden feel after the duel?
(a) The reader can not tell.
(b) Happy.
(c) Regretful.
(d) He doesn't feel anything, because he faints.

7. What language was Clarissa learning before her death?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Greek.
(c) Latin.
(d) Japanese.

8. To whom does Clarissa send the mean letters she received from her family?
(a) Belford.
(b) Colonel Morden.
(c) Mr. Lovelace.
(d) Mrs. Norton.

9. In Clarissa's posthumous letter to Lovelace, what does she say about her feelings for him?
(a) That she never cared for him.
(b) That she did prefer him and hopes for his reformation.
(c) That she once loved him but now hates him, and expects he will be punished when he dies.
(d) That she liked him a little, but no more than she liked Mr. Solmes.

10. When Clarissa's hearse arrives at Harlowe Place, who is following it?
(a) Lovelace's varlets.
(b) Miss Howe and Mr. Hickman.
(c) Paid mourners.
(d) A bunch of peasants from the village.

11. Who offers to adopt Clarissa as his own daughter?
(a) Colonel Morden.
(b) Lord M.
(c) Mr. Hickman.
(d) Lovelace.

12. What does Hickman tell Belford is causing Miss Howe to delay her marriage to Hickman?
(a) Miss Howe will not marry Hickman until he is as rich as Lovelace.
(b) Miss Howe will not marry Hickman until he challenges Lovelace to a duel.
(c) Miss Howe will not marry Hickman until the weather is nicer.
(d) Miss Howe will not marry Hickman while Clarissa is unhappy.

13. What makes Colonel Morden threaten to avenge Clarissa?
(a) Morden realizes that Lovelace stole Clarissa's money.
(b) Morden learns that Clarissa was raped, not seduced.
(c) Morden finds out that Clarissa was pregnant.
(d) Morden learns from Brand that everyone is saying Morden's reputation is stained by Clarissa's actions.

14. Who does Lovelace hope to see at Colonel Ambrose's ball?
(a) Colonel Ambrose and Lord M.
(b) Polly and Sally.
(c) Uncle Antony and Uncle Harlowe.
(d) Miss Howe and Mr. Hickman.

15. When the Harlowe family is grieving Clarissa's death, what does Colonel Morden say was Clarissa's only fault?
(a) Her lack of will power.
(b) Her willingness to forgive her family.
(c) Her unwillingness to forgive her family.
(d) Her pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does M'Donald feel while dying?

2. How does Lovelace respond when the dying Clarissa forgives him?

3. What reason does Clarissa's doctor give for saying she does not have to pay him?

4. After reading the letter in which Clarissa mentions going to her "father's house," what does Lovelace guess might have changed Clarissa's thinking?

5. What does Clarissa explain she meant when she said she hoped she would be able to receive Mr. Lovelace in her father's house?

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