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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the publisher's rent?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 1,000 francs.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 100 francs.

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

3. Who is the boy Winterbourne meets?
(a) Daisy Miller's brother.
(b) Daisy Miller's cousin.
(c) A street urchin.
(d) Daisy Miller's son.

4. Who steers conversation at Mr. Offord's house?
(a) Brooksmith.
(b) Mr. Offord.
(c) The guests steer it among themselves.
(d) The narrator.

5. How far is the publisher willing to go to get the Aspern papers?
(a) Marrying Julianne Bordereau.
(b) Paying 1,000 pounds.
(c) Marrying Miss Tita.
(d) Paying 1,000 francs.

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

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

8. Paula and Amy Moreen are employed at _____________.
(a) Factory work.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Charity work.
(d) Finding husbands.

9. What is the publisher's relationship with Julianne Bordereau?
(a) He rents her a room.
(b) He seduces her.
(c) Her publishes her biography.
(d) He rents a room from her.

10. How does James characterize the relationship between Mr. Offord and Brooksmith?
(a) Distant relations.
(b) Employee-employer.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Intimate friends.

11. What effect have the Monarchs had on the main character's art, according to Jack Hawley?
(a) They expand it.
(b) They distract from it.
(c) They hurt it.
(d) They bring it to life.

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

13. What does the narrator send to Brooksmith?
(a) Money.
(b) Friends.
(c) Medicine.
(d) A doctor.

14. What does the main character think of the Monarchs?
(a) They are looking for their daughter.
(b) They are coming to model for him.
(c) They have come to buy paintings.
(d) They will commission portraits.

15. What thought does the narrator give to Brooksmith after Mr. Offord's death?
(a) He refers him for a job somewhere else.
(b) He does not give Brooksmith much thought.
(c) He loans him money and helps him set up his own house.
(d) He considers hiring him, but cannot afford it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James characterize the Monarchs as models?

2. What does Daisy Miller do that gives people the idea that she and Mr. Giovanelli are engaged?

3. The Monarchs ask the main character to hire them as ___________.

4. What was the crowd like that came to Mr. Offord's house?

5. What is Miss Churm's relationship with the main character?

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