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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does James describe Pemberton?
(a) Sophisticated and smart.
(b) Brilliant and curious.
(c) Outgoing and gregarious.
(d) Weak and ineffectual.

2. What does the publisher bring to Julianne Bordereau?
(a) Gifts.
(b) Letters.
(c) Money.
(d) Flowers.

3. What is Miss Churm's relationship with the main character?
(a) She is one of his servants.
(b) She is one of his regular models.
(c) She is one a representative from an gallery.
(d) She is one of his patrons.

4. How does James characterize the Monarchs as models?
(a) Useless.
(b) Uncreative.
(c) Inventive.
(d) Fidgety.

5. What does Mrs. Moreen hold in her hands while she makes her offer to Pemberton?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her son.
(c) A checkbook.
(d) A pair of soiled gloves.

6. What does the publisher agree to do for Julianne Bordereau?
(a) Hire someone to tend the garden.
(b) Build a terrace in the garden.
(c) Bring flowers to Miss Tita.
(d) Tend to the garden himself.

7. What do Oronte and Miss Churm do to assume different characters?
(a) Invent speeches for the characters.
(b) Begin speaking differently.
(c) Change clothes.
(d) Close their eyes.

8. What does the boy ask Winterbourne for in the garden?
(a) Directions.
(b) A cube of sugar.
(c) Money.
(d) A book.

9. How does James describe Brooksmith's physical appearance?
(a) Lanky.
(b) Tall.
(c) Fat.
(d) Short.

10. Who summons the narrator to Brooksmith's bedside when Brooksmith falls ill?
(a) Brooksmith's aunt.
(b) A friend.
(c) Mr. Offord's daughter.
(d) Brooksmith's daughter.

11. Who is the main character of 'The Real Thing'?
(a) A businessman.
(b) A model.
(c) An illustrator.
(d) A patron of the arts.

12. How does the main character describe the Monarchs' intelligence?
(a) He says that they are ignorant about reality, but current on reading the news.
(b) He says that they are not very intelligent.
(c) He says that they stay away from intellectual pursuits that might cause them discomfort.
(d) He says that they are brilliant at scheming socially.

13. What is Oronte's relationship with the main character?
(a) He is one of his regular models.
(b) He is one a representative from an gallery.
(c) He is one of his patrons.
(d) He is his manservant.

14. Who is Julianne Bordereau?
(a) Aspern's lover.
(b) Miss Tita's niece.
(c) Aspern's aunt.
(d) Aspern's wife.

15. How often does the narrator stop by Mr. Offord's house?
(a) Regularly.
(b) Never.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Constantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position do the Monarchs always occupy in the illustrations the main character makes?

2. How does James characterize the Moreens?

3. What changes for Mr. Offord?

4. What is the publisher's rent?

5. What effect have the Monarchs had on the main character's art, according to Jack Hawley?

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