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Clarissa

Samuel Richardson

Study Guide

Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
- Context
- Full Book Quiz
- Study Questions
- Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help

Further Study

Full Book Quiz

Further Study Full Book Quiz

1. How is Lovelace first introduced to the Harlowe family?

As a suitor for Clarissa
As a suitor for Arabella
As a peddler of trinkets
As a business partner

2. When did the tension between James and Lovelace begin?

When they were children
In college
After Lovelace wounded James in a duel
There is no tension between James and Lovelace

3. Why is Arabella jealous of Clarissa?

Because men like Clarissa better
Because Clarissa inherited her grandfather’s estate
Because Clarissa is universally admired
All of the above

4. What reason does Clarissa give for refusing to marry Solmes?

She thinks marriage should be a woman’s own choice.
She finds Solmes despicable.
She is in love with Lovelace.
She wants to become a nun.

5. In the first part of the book, what does Clarissa think of Lovelace?

His morals are suspect.
He is attractive.
He has a bad reputation.
all of the above

6. What is Lovelace’s ideal outcome of his relationship with Clarissa?

She will marry him.
She will live with him without being married.
He will rape and abandon her.
They will remain good friends.

7. What is most important to Clarissa after she leaves her parents’ house?

Marriage to Lovelace
Reconciliation with her family
Getting Anna to come to London
Running away from Lovelace

8. Why does Clarissa refuse to marry Lovelace after he rapes her?

She wants to make sure he is not tricking her.
She is waiting for her family’s approval.
She will not marry a man who is a criminal.
She decides to marry Solmes after all.

9. What does Clarissa die of?

She dies of tuberculosis.
She dies in childbirth.
She is murdered.
It is unclear.

10. Whom does Clarissa pick to execute her will?

Lovelace
Belford
Morden
Anna

11. Which of the following is a real person?

Mrs. Fretchville
Captain Tomlinson
Captain Mennell
Mrs. Moore

12. What flower does Clarissa pick to decorate her coffin?

A lily
A rose
A forget-me-not
A lotus

13. Where does Lovelace die?

London
Paris
Trent
Brussels

14. What does Lovelace die of?

He dies from a venereal disease.
He is killed in revenge.
He dies of old age.
It is unclear.

15. Which of the following does Lovelace not seduce or rape?

Miss Betterton
Rosebud
Sally Martin
Clarissa

16. What part of Mr. Harlowe’s curse most frightens Clarissa?

That Lovelace will be the instrument of her downfall
That it applies to the afterlife as well as life on earth
That it predicts her death
That her father would do such a heathenish thing as curse

17. What does Uncle Antony mean when he calls himself “none of your Lovelaces”?

That he is neither charming nor handsome
That he is a moral man
That he never fights in duels
That he is forthright and explicit in his proposals

18. How does Lovelace make Clarissa happy during her imprisonment?

He tricks her into thinking her family wants to reconcile with her.
He convinces her that he truly loves her.
He gives her beautiful clothing and jewelry.
He draws up very generous marriage settlements.

19. What promise to Lovelace does Clarissa break?

Never to marry another man
To send him a letter inviting him to join her at her father’s house
That she will forgive him after the fire incident
That she will forgive him after the rape

20. Which is the shortest letter in the novel?

The one announcing Clarissa’s death
The one announcing Mr. Harlowe’s curse
The one announcing the rape
The one announcing Clarissa’s escape

21. What role does Mrs. Sinclair play in Clarissa’s rape?

She attempts to thwart Lovelace’s plan
She notifies the police
She drugs Clarissa
She forces Lovelace to rape her

22. Why does Anna mock Hickman?

He’s very formal and polite
He’s a terrible writer
He’s an untrustworthy rake
He has feelings for Clarissa

23. Who ends up inheriting Lord M.’s estate?

Anna Howe
Arabella and James Harlowe
Lovelace
Belford’s son

24. Which of these women from Lovelace’s past eventually dies during childbirth?

Polly Horton
Sally Martin
Miss Betterton
Mrs. Sinclair

25. Clarissa is often compared to which of the following?

A swan
Her mother
The Virgin Mary
An angel

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