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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. How does James characterize Brooksmith' success in his new positions?

2. How does James characterize the relationship between Mr. Offord and Brooksmith?

3. How does James characterize the relationship between Morgan and Pemberton?

4. What does the main character think of the Monarchs?

5. How often does the narrator stop by Mr. Offord's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Brooksmith's relationship with Mr. Oliver Offord?

3. What feelings does the ending of 'The Aspern Papers' create in the reader?

4. What is James saying about aristocracy in 'The Real Thing'?

5. How does Winterbourne meet Daisy Miller?

6. Describe Mr. Oliver Offord's salons.

7. Who are Miss Churm and Oronte?

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

9. How does the publisher involve Miss Tita in his plot?

10. Who are Major and Mrs. Monarch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluation of 'The Tales of Henry James.' What is this book's place in our culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

Many of James' relationships are platonic friendships. What do you think is the value of marriage in these stories, and do you think that James is somehow proposing that a different kind of relationship has a higher value than marriage?

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