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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 does the main character find out that Lady Bradeen's husband has discovered the affair with Captain Everard?
(a) By talking with another telegraph operator.
(b) By talking with Mrs. Jordan.
(c) By chance.
(d) By talking with Captain Everard.

2. Where does May Bartram think she has met John Marcher before?
(a) In Rome.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In Italy.
(d) In London.

3. Where does John Marcher work?
(a) He is an artist.
(b) In a newspaper office.
(c) In a publishing house.
(d) In a government office.

4. To whom is the Munich engaged?
(a) Mr. Bradeen.
(b) Mr. Mudge.
(c) Captain Everard.
(d) A school teacher.

5. In what month is 'The Middle Years' set?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dencombe before he can tell Dr. Hugh that he is a writer?

2. In what month is 'The Beast in the Jungle' set?

3. Why does Lady Bradeen stop using the main character's telegraph office?

4. What inducement does the fiancee offer the main character?

5. Where does Spencer Brydon return to at the beginning of 'Jolly Corner'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Spencer Brydon's encounter with his alter ego.

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

3. What does Marcher realize when May Bartram dies?

4. What effect does the affair of Lady Bradeen and Captain Everard have on the telegraph operator?

5. What does Dencombe realize in the end of 'The Middle Years'?

6. What is the irony in the secret Marcher has been keeping all these years?

7. What is the telegraph operator's fiancée asking her to do?

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

9. Describe the meeting of Captain Everard and the telegraph operator.

10. What part does the telegraph operator play in the affair between Lady Bradeen and Captain Everard?

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