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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. What does the main character plan to do, when she is disappointed by Captain Everard?
(a) Offer to work for Lady Bradeen.
(b) Break off with Mr. Mudge.
(c) Marry Mr. Mudge.
(d) Expose the affair to Lady Bradeen's husband.

2. What is Captain Everard's relationship with Lady Bradeen?
(a) Lover.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Friend.
(d) Brother.

3. Where is the telegraph office located in ''In the Cage'?
(a) In Crocker's grocery.
(b) In the bank.
(c) In the post office.
(d) In the library.

4. How does James characterize the main character's fiancee?
(a) Devious and disrespectable.
(b) Decent but dull.
(c) Dashing but daft.
(d) Diligent and devoted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is May Bartram?

2. How long did stories need to be in James' time?

3. What quality does a premise have to have in order to be suitable for a novel, in James' opinion?

4. What does Dencombe find when he reads his new book?

5. How does James characterize Spencer Brydon's alter ego?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the meeting between Dencombe and Dr. Hugh.

2. Who is the main character of 'In the Cage,' and what is he dilemma?

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

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

5. What is the significance of the title of this story?

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

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

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

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

10. Where is 'In the Cage' set?

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