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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does M'Donald feel while dying?

2. When Belton knows he is dying, how does he feel?

3. Why does Colonel Morden hide from Clarissa?

4. After Mr. Harlowe renounces his curse, what does Clarissa write to her mother to ask for?

5. Why does Morden criticize Miss Howe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message do you think "Clarissa" has about the right way to run a family, if any? What advice do you think a parent in the eighteenth-century might have taken from this novel for running their own family?

Essay Topic 2

There is a great deal of irony in "Clarissa," including verbal irony, dramatic irony and situational irony. Give an example of each kind of irony and discuss its effect on the reader.

Essay Topic 3

There are many examples of people having a hard time telling whether a person or object in front of them is what it appears to be. What do you think Richardson's message about deception is? Support your answer with three examples from the novel.

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