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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. How much time passes between May Bartram moving to London and her falling ill?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Many years.
(d) A few years.

2. Whose house is on Jolly Corner?
(a) Miss Staverton's lover's.
(b) Spencer Brydon's business partner's.
(c) Spencer Brydon's family's house.
(d) Miss Staverton's family's house.

3. How does James characterize the main character's feelings for her fiancee?
(a) Chilly.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Lukewarm.

4. What assurance does Dr. Hugh give Dencombe?
(a) He will write another six books.
(b) He will live forever.
(c) He will live a long time.
(d) He will be immortalized in his books.

5. What does Dencombe feel about his future?
(a) He is apprehensive about his savings holding out.
(b) He is depressed about his narrowing prospects.
(c) He expects to begin over again.
(d) He looks forward to critical appreciation for the book he is working on now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Staverton's relationship with Spencer Brydon?

2. Who is the main character?

3. Where does John Marcher work?

4. What allows May Bartram to buy this?

5. What does Dencombe say about his best books?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dencombe's feelings about his own work.

2. Describe Marcher's lifestyle.

3. How does James address the superstition that fiction is diabolical?

4. How does James address the formal rules prescribed for fiction?

5. What did James study before he took to writing, and how did this influence his writing?

6. What does Marcher realize when May Bartram dies?

7. What is unique about the narration of 'In the Cage'?

8. What is the tragedy of 'The Middle Years'?

9. What is the difference between the doctor's relationship with Dencombe and his relationship with the Countess?

10. Where is 'In the Cage' set?

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