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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 Brooksmith's personality?
(a) Bumbling.
(b) Competent.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Ineffectual.

2. What are the main character's feelings about the episode of the Monarchs' visit?
(a) He resents them for corrupting his art.
(b) He is profoundly sorry he cannot help them.
(c) He doesn't regret it.
(d) He wishes they had never come.

3. Where does Winterbourne encounter Daisy Miller the second time?
(a) In a garden in Rome.
(b) At Mrs. Walker's home.
(c) At Mr. Giovanelli's home.
(d) In the street.

4. What is Brooksmith's reaction to Mr. Offord's death?
(a) He is grief-stricken.
(b) He is guilty.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is glad.

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

6. What does Mr. Offord conduct in his home?
(a) Political meetings.
(b) A salon.
(c) A reading club.
(d) Business meetings.

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

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

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

10. Where is Oronte from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Sicily.

11. What is the reason for the Monarchs' insistence?
(a) They have assistance to offer.
(b) They are the real thing.
(c) They deserve help.
(d) They have a lot to lose.

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

13. What does Winterbourne realize with a shock, about Daisy Miller?
(a) She is too innocent for her own good.
(b) She is already secretly married.
(c) She is already sleeping with Mr. Giovanelli.
(d) She is not a respectable woman.

14. Who chooses which visitors to admit to Mr. Offord's house?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Brooksmith.
(c) Mrs. Offord.
(d) Mr. Offord.

15. What thought do Mr. Offord's friends give Brooksmith after Mr. Offord's death?
(a) They get together to help find him a new position.
(b) They ignore his requests for help or referrals.
(c) They think it would be wrong to hire him themselves.
(d) One of Mr. Offord's friends takes him in as his butler.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James characterize Brooksmith' success in his new positions?

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

3. What kind of people are the Monarchs, according to the main character?

4. What condition does Pemberton impose on his agreement to work without pay?

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

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