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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 James describe Miss Vernham?
(a) Mousy and young.
(b) Alert and educated.
(c) Shabby but intimidating.
(d) Middle-aged and energetic.

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

3. What was terrible about the event John Marcher waited for?
(a) It would have broken him if it had happened.
(b) It consisted of nothing happening to him.
(c) It had already happened, and it had already prevented great wealth for him.
(d) It would have consisted of a great love if it had happened.

4. With whom does the main character become infatuated?
(a) Mrs. Jordan.
(b) Captain Everard.
(c) Lady Bradeen.
(d) Mr. Mudge.

5. What is the young man, whom Dencombe sees approaching, doing?
(a) Reading one of his books.
(b) Reading a letter.
(c) Reading a critical review of his book.
(d) Discoursing to the young girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was NOT one of Mr. Besant's general laws of fiction?

2. Who relies on the main character for support?

3. How does James characterize Spencer Brydon's lifestyle all these years?

4. How does the main character find out that Lady Bradeen's husband has discovered the affair with Captain Everard?

5. Why does the main character refuse the fiancee's offer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of the title?

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

6. Under what conditions does Spencer Brydon meet Miss Staverton again?

7. How does Spencer Brydon react to the changes that took place in New York over the last 33 years?

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

9. Where had John Marcher and May Bartram met previously, and what had happened then?

10. Where do John Marcher and May Bartram meet in 'The Beast in the Jungle'?

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