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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 happens to John Haynes' wood carvings after his death?

2. Where does Mr. Denton go, at the start of "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?

3. What does Mr. Davidson discover about Mr. Poshwitz, at the end of "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

4. How many prayer books does Mrs. Porter discuss with Mr. Davidson?

5. Where do Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Cooper's wife almost get lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the legend of the three crowns?

2. Who is Paxton, in the story "A Warning to the Curious," and what happens to him?

3. What is odd about the wood carvings in John Haynes room, in the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

4. In "The Uncommon Prayer-Book," what does Mrs. Porter says is wrong at the church?

5. What does the old man Mr. Davidson meets tell him about, in "The Uncommon Prayer-Book"?

6. What is in the sphere at the end of "Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance," and what does Mr. Humphreys decide it means?

7. In the story "A Vignette," what does the narrator see when he looks into the garden?

8. How does Miss Denton use the diary, in the story "The Diary of Mr. Poynter"?

9. Who is Lady Ivy and what does she want?

10. What does the narrator learn about the wood carvings, at the end of "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the solitary traveler in James' books? Use two stories that use this character and how it relates to the plot.

Essay Topic 2

How does James use point of view to engage the reader and enhance the plot? Choose one story and determine whose point of view the story is being told from. How does this effect the reader's engagement with the characters and plot?

Essay Topic 3

How does the setting effect the reader's experience of the story? Does it matter that the story is set in another country? Describe the setting of the story of you choice and explain how it is intertwined with the plot.

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