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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. How is Clara affected by Carwin's confession?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is lost.
(c) She is shaken.
(d) She is happy.

2. Who does the narrator's uncle find naked and burned inside the temple?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The narrator's sister.

3. What is the father's temple adapted into for socialization?
(a) A summerhouse.
(b) A theater.
(c) A playhouse.
(d) An inn.

4. Who flees the house, leaving Clara behind?
(a) Carwin.
(b) Charles.
(c) Wieland.
(d) Brown.

5. When does Pleyel claim to have heard talking with Clara on the grounds?
(a) Lunch time.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Morning.
(d) Evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the orphaned teenage girl that the narrator's brother adopts?

2. Who does Pleyel claim to have heard talking with Clara on the grounds?

3. Where does Pleyel intend on going?

4. What does Pleyel tease Clara about her feelings after discussing Carwin?

5. What does the narrator warn about in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist satirize popular Gothic novels?

2. When Wieland returns from the temple, why does he look troubled?

3. When Clara anticipates Pleyel's arrival, what does she think is the reason that he does not appear?

4. Where does the plot to kill Clara appear to have emanated from?

5. What does Pleyel accuse Clara of?

6. What does Pleyel learn from the voice that turns out to be true about his lover?

7. Why does Pleyel end up asking Clara for forgiveness for his words?

8. What happens to the narrator's father in Chapter I?

9. After the death of the narrator's father, what happened to her family?

10. Why is Pleyel unhappy about not receiving news from Europe?

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