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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 is the reason for the Monarchs' insistence?

2. Where does Brooksmith work after his illness?

3. What is it that shocks Mrs. Walker about Daisy Miller's behavior?

4. How does James characterize Mr. and Mrs. Monarch?

5. Who is the boy Winterbourne meets?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the publisher involve Miss Tita in his plot?

2. How does Winterbourne meet Daisy Miller?

3. What feelings does the ending of 'The Aspern Papers' create in the reader?

4. Who are Major and Mrs. Monarch?

5. What is the Moreens' financial situation, and how does this affect Pemberton?

6. What is Brooksmith's relationship with Mr. Oliver Offord?

7. What is James saying about aristocracy in 'The Real Thing'?

8. How effective is the unnamed publisher at getting the Aspern papers?

9. What is the significance of the illustrator's statement that he doesn't regret the experience of drawing the Monarchs?

10. Where does the narrator believe Brooksmith has gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

We always have to wonder whether writers in stories represent the author himself. How can we interpret James' views about creativity based on what he says about the characters who are creative in his stories? Do James' characters advance a coherent theory of creativity and its importance in a culture?

Essay Topic 2

Is James' outlook tragic or comic? Is it realistic or pragmatic? Make an argument for the overall tone of James' stories.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the critical commentary for one of the stories. Which commentator seems to provide the most helpful insight into the story? How do you explain the other commentators' interest? What remains to be explained after these different commentaries?

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