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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lord M promise to do if Lovelace marries Clarissa but is a bad husband?
(a) Lord M says Clarissa can divorce Lovelace and marry Lord M instead.
(b) Lord M says he will disinherit Lovelace and leave his money to Clarissa and her children instead.
(c) Lord M says he will lock Lovelace up in Lord M's dungeon until he promises to be good.
(d) Lord M says he will have Lovelace arrested and imprisoned.

3. When Miss Howe finds out that Clarissa has run off with Lovelace, what does Miss Howe advise Clarissa to do?
(a) Hold out for as much money as she can get before agreeing to marry him.
(b) Run away to New York and become an actress.
(c) Marry Lovelace as soon as possible.
(d) Marry Solmes as soon as possible.

4. Why does Dorcas refuse to answer any more questions after telling the mysterious servant that Lovelace and Clarissa are married?
(a) Because the servant kissed Dorcas.
(b) Because the servant will not say why he is asking.
(c) Because Dorcas does not know the answers to the questions he is asking.
(d) Because Dorcas is unpredictable.

5. Who does Clarissa write to, asking for help persuading her father not to force her to marry Solmes?
(a) John Belford.
(b) Uncle Antony.
(c) Aunt Antonia.
(d) Mrs. Howe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Howe blame for her own refusal of Uncle Antony's marriage proposal?

2. Who is Mrs. Townsend?

3. Why does Clarissa faint when she finds out that they cannot leave the Widow Sinclair's house because Charlotte is sick?

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

5. Why does Clarissa run away after the fire at Widow Sinclair's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Clarissa's situation after she runs off with Lovelace is worse than what would have happened to her if she had stayed at her parents?

2. Do you believe that Lovelace is really repentant when he tells Mr. Hickman and Miss Howe that he is, at Colonel Ambrose's ball?

3. How does Mr. Wyerley's letter reflect on Lovelace's marriage proposals?

4. Do you think Clarissa wants to marry Lovelace? Why or why not?

5. How does the conversation between Belford and Hickman in the coffeehouse characterize Belford?

6. Do you think it is fair for Clarissa to have decided that because of the fire she will never marry Lovelace?

7. Do you think Clarissa is right to keep refusing offers of money from Lovelace and Miss Howe?

8. How does Belford's behavior after Clarissa's death develop his character?

9. Explain why Clarissa would think she has a "duty" to ask her family to give her a last blessing.

10. How do you think Lovelace's death reflects on his character?

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