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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Monarchs' reaction when the main character chooses Oronte and Miss Churm for the refined characters in the illustrations?

2. Where does Brooksmith go after his mother dies?

3. Who chooses which visitors to admit to Mr. Offord's house?

4. What is Brooksmith's role at Mr. Offord's gatherings?

5. What effect have the Monarchs had on the main character's art, according to Jack Hawley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony in the title ''The Real Thing'?

2. Who are Major and Mrs. Monarch?

3. What do the Europeans believe will happen to Daisy Miller, and what is their knowledge founded in?

4. Describe the conditions under which Morgan dies.

5. What is the narrator's interest in Brooksmith?

6. What prevents Mr. Oliver Offord's friends from hiring Brooksmith?

7. Who is Pemberton? What is he hired to do?

8. What is the first surprise we find out about Major and Mrs. Monarch?

9. What happens to Brooksmith when Mr. Oliver Offord dies?

10. Describe Mr. Oliver Offord's salons.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is James' outlook tragic or comic? Is it realistic or pragmatic? Make an argument for the overall tone of James' stories.

Essay Topic 2

How does James' stories describe the difference between America and Europe? What does each civilization stand for? How are they distinguished? What kind of drama is created when they come into conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Money is an issue for many of the characters in James' stories. Where does money come from, and who produces it? Which, if any, characters, have earned their freedom by making money themselves, and what kind of freedom do the other characters come by or struggle to attain?

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