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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brand say about Belford's relationship with Clarissa?
(a) That he thinks Belford gives Clarissa money.
(b) That he thinks Belford is trying to convince Clarissa to leave her money to Belford.
(c) That he thinks Belford is Lovelace in disguise.
(d) That he thinks Belford is a drug dealer.

2. What does Clarissa say about her birthday during her illness?
(a) Clarissa says her birthday would have been happy if only Lovelace had been there to share it with her.
(b) Clarissa says she is unhappy about her birthday because she is afraid she is getting old and will soon have gray hair.
(c) It is the best birthday she ever had, because she is not in her parents' house.
(d) It is her first unhappy birthday and is likely to be her last one.

3. What stops Lovelace from killing himself when he learns of Clarissa's death?
(a) He's a coward and stops at the last minute.
(b) Will has taken all his weapons away.
(c) Clarissa's ghost appears and tells him to stop.
(d) Lord M has Lovelace put in a padded cell to protect him.

4. What do Lovelace's relatives want to give Clarissa to show their regard for her?
(a) A quarterly allowance.
(b) A lot of jewelry and clothes.
(c) All the money Lovelace expects to inherit from Lord M.
(d) All their property.

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

6. Who does Clarissa ask to be the executor of her will?
(a) Mr. Hickman.
(b) Belford.
(c) Miss Howe.
(d) Uncle Antony.

7. Who are Mr. Mullins and Mr. Wyerley?
(a) Two men who wanted to marry Clarissa.
(b) Two policemen who are investigating Lovelace.
(c) Clarissa's cousins.
(d) Two of the varlets.

8. After Mr. Harlowe renounces his curse, what does Clarissa write to her mother to ask for?
(a) To restore her joy.
(b) To be allowed to come home.
(c) The money her grandfather left her.
(d) A last blessing before she dies.

9. Who, besides Lovelace, does Morden almost fight when he meets with Lovelace?
(a) Uncle Antony.
(b) Mr. Harlowe.
(c) Mr. Mowbray.
(d) Mr. Hickman.

10. What is Clarissa's coffin like?
(a) Completely transparent (made out of glass).
(b) Very ugly.
(c) Very plain.
(d) Very fancy and beautiful.

11. What do James and Arabella think causes their unhappiness in marriage?
(a) Solmes is out to get them.
(b) All marriages are unhappy.
(c) The fact that they did not inherit Morden's money.
(d) Their bad treatment of Clarissa.

12. When Belford criticizes Clarissa's family for its stubbornness, how does Clarissa respond?
(a) Clarissa says Belford is not being severe enough.
(b) Clarissa asks Belford if he will write to her family and tell them what he said about them.
(c) Clarissa says Belford is right, and her family will suffer in the afterlife for the way they have treated her.
(d) Clarissa tells Belford he doesn't have the right to criticize her family.

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

14. Besides the Harlowes' servants, what other servants does Clarissa leave money to?
(a) The servants of the king.
(b) The Howes' servants.
(c) The servants of the queen.
(d) Widow Sinclair's servants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Harlowes tell Clarissa she must go to America for a few years before she can move back to her estate, and Clarissa agrees to go, if she does not die soon. Which state do they want her to go to?

2. Why does Clarissa tell Morden he should not avenge her?

3. To whom does Clarissa want her picture of Miss Howe to be given?

4. Which members of Clarissa's family complain about her bequests to Dolly and Mrs. Norton?

5. Who (besides Clarissa) asks Belford to be the executor of a will?

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