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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 quality does a premise have to have in order to be suitable for a novel, in James' opinion?
(a) It has to be rich with possibilities.
(b) It has to redefine the forms of all novels that came before it.
(c) It has to make new insights into the nature of human consciousness.
(d) It has to prove a moral or teach a lesson.

2. Why does James say John Marcher lives like this?
(a) To remedy his guilt about inheriting his father's money.
(b) To search for the most suitable partner.
(c) To avoid others detecting his secret.
(d) To give himself time to make his secret less destructive in his life.

3. Whose life does John Marcher think his life should have resembled?
(a) His brother's.
(b) Everyone else's.
(c) May Bartram's.
(d) His father's.

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

5. What does Spencer Brydon do with the second house he acquires?
(a) Installs his mistress in it.
(b) Renovates it to rent it.
(c) Moves into it.
(d) Installs his friends in it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long has Spencer Brydon been living in Europe at the beginning of 'Jolly Corner'?

3. Where does May Bartram think she has met John Marcher before?

4. What disappointing news does the main character find out about Captain Everard?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is 'In the Cage' set?

3. What is the significance of the setting in 'The Middle Years'?

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

5. What does Marcher realize when May Bartram dies?

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

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

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

9. Describe Marcher's lifestyle.

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

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