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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 it that requires Mr. Oliver Offord to stay home?

2. What does Mrs. Moreen hold in her hands while she makes her offer to Pemberton?

3. Who is Pemberton?

4. What does Pemberton neglect to ask Mrs. Moreen?

5. Why has Winterbourne come to the place where he meets Daisy Miller?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the illustrator's statement that he doesn't regret the experience of drawing the Monarchs?

2. Describe Mr. Oliver Offord's salons.

3. What is the setting of 'Daisy Miller,' and why is this significant?

4. What was 'Brooksmith' based on?

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

6. What does 'The Real Thing' say about the nature of art?

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

8. What is unique about James' narrative perspective in 'Brooksmith'?

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

10. What is the Moreens' financial situation, and how does this affect Pemberton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

James is occasionally very specific about the season in which his stories are set. What is the literal or symbolic importance of the seasons and nature in James' stories?

Essay Topic 2

We always have to wonder whether writers in stories represent the author himself. How can we interpret James' views about creativity based on what he says about the characters who are creative in his stories? Do James' characters advance a coherent theory of creativity and its importance in a culture?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Henry James' feelings about the friendship and possible homosexual relationship between men. How does he characterize this relationship, and what is its status compared with other kinds of relationships and friendships?

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