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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. What is the only thing the Prince can focus on as Charlotte and Mr. Verver leave?
(a) Charlotte waving.
(b) The guilt he feels inside.
(c) Maggie.
(d) The image of the golden bowl.

2. Why did the shop keeper come to Maggie's house as explained in Book Fourth Chapter 10?
(a) To return Maggie's handbag which she had left at the shop.
(b) To deliver the bowl.
(c) To tell Maggie about the bowl's flaw.
(d) To deliver a catalogue to Maggie.

3. How does Maggie think the Prince looks when she goes to tell him about Charlotte's request?
(a) Dirtied.
(b) Aged.
(c) Caged.
(d) Invigorated.

4. What does Charlotte request of Maggie and the Prince in Book Sixth, Chapter 2?
(a) For them to name their next child after Mr. Verver.
(b) For them to stay with her at the Fawns for a while.
(c) For them have tea with her.
(d) For them to visit her in America at Christmas.

5. What conclusion does Fanny come to in Book Third Chapter 10?
(a) That there is nothing going on between Charlotte and the Prince.
(b) That Maggie knows about the Prince's past with Charlotte.
(c) That Charlotte and the Prince are having a love affair.
(d) That Mr. Verver is suspicious of the Prince and Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people does Maggie identify as being helpful to her plan?

2. What game does the party at Fawns play in Book Fifth Chapter 2?

3. What do Charlotte and the Prince want to explore on their trip together in Chapter 9 of Book Third?

4. What does Charlotte ask Maggie to do in Book Fifth Chapter 2?

5. How does Fanny say her opinion of Charlotte has changed in Book Third Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maggie recall Fanny comparing the relationship of Maggie, the Prince, Mr. Verver, and Charlotte to?

2. In Book Fourth Chapter 7, what do the Assinghams remind each other of? What does Fanny worry about being accused of if the truth about the Prince's and Charlotte's relationship comes out?

3. What is the day that Charlotte and the Prince are able to spend together likened to in Book Third Chapter 9?

4. After the dinner party, when Maggie tries to speak to her husband about Charlotte, what can she not help but appear to feel toward Charlotte?

5. How does Maggie find out about the past relationship between Charlotte and the Prince?

6. In Book Fifth, Chapter 1, why does Maggie think the Prince has recognized and accepted the change in her?

7. What conflicting feelings does Maggie have when she and her husband are left alone in London for a week in Book Fourth Chapter 8?

8. What thought about who is to blame for the affair occurs to Maggie when she is on the terrace at Fawns in Book Fifth Chapter 1? What does Maggie realize she is most afraid of happening?

9. How does Mr. Verver describe himself, Charlotte, the Prince, and Maggie as a group while speaking to Maggie in the park?

10. In Book Fifth, Chapter 5, how does Fanny explain the sullen behavior being exhibited by Charlotte to Maggie?

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