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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 does the publisher bring to Julianne Bordereau?

2. What is Brooksmith's reaction to Mr. Offord's death?

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

4. What are the main character's feelings about the episode of the Monarchs' visit?

5. Who is Pemberton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Miss Churm and Oronte?

2. Where does the narrator believe Brooksmith has gone?

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

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

5. Describe the conditions under which Morgan dies.

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

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

8. What is it about Daisy Miller that is so shocking the Europeans, and certain Americans?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What makes Henry James an American author?

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