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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Carwin been accused of in the story that Pleyel reads about him?
2. What does Catherine recognize in Theodore?
3. Where does Carwin go to summon Clara's friends for her protection?
4. What does Wieland learn that he must take responsibility for instead of killing Clara?
5. Who emerges from Clara's house after Pleyel arrives to talk to her about his feelings, confirming Pleyel's suspicions of Clara's guilt?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Theodore Wieland, Clara's brother, admit his guilt upfront and explain the reason for his murder?
2. How does Clara recover from the trauma of the previous events?
3. Why does Pleyel suspect Clara of being involved with Carwin when he gets to her house?
4. What does Clara discover about Pleyele's lover?
5. When Clara wishes to see Wieland once more, what is Cambridge forced to admit?
6. Why does Wieland not kill Clara?
7. Upon seeing Clara in the room with the dead body, what does Wieland say and do?
8. Why does Clara appeal to Wieland about Carwin's deceit, and how does Wieland respond?
9. What does Clara's uncle tell her about Carwin and the killer?
10. How does Clara react to Wieland's confession?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Murder and violence appears throughout Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. Who commits murder? Who is violent? In what ways are characters violent or abusive? What is their effect on other characters and their lives? Do these characters change over time?
Essay Topic 2
Love is a recurring theme in Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. How does Clara's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has she expanded her awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for Clara? How does her feelings for Pleyel develop and change, and how does her relationship with him contrast with that of other men that she has had romantic or an idealized relationship with?
Essay Topic 3
Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery establishes connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic senses. The author uses these images to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this dystopian novel.
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