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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 is Maggie unaware of in regard to the relationship between the Prince and Charlotte?
(a) How often they correspond with one another since their breakup.
(b) How much they dislike each other.
(c) How well they know each other.
(d) How much in love they are.

2. What does Adam wonder while he watches his daughter with her husband in Book Second Chapter 2?
(a) Whether he will ever get married again.
(b) Whether he and his wife were ever that happy together.
(c) Whether they are truely in love.
(d) Whether they will encounter hardships in their marriage.

3. How does Adam feel as he plans his museum?
(a) Happy.
(b) Tired.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Burdened.

4. Why is Adam considering marriage as of Book Second Chapter 1?
(a) Because he wants more children.
(b) Because he feels lonely.
(c) Because he wants to be in love.
(d) Because his daughter is now married.

5. What does Adam believe the ladies at his home are doing in Book Second Chapter 1?
(a) Trying to make friends with his daughter.
(b) Vying for his attention.
(c) Plotting against him.
(d) Wasting their time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Golden Bowl"?

2. What does the Prince notice about Fanny while they talk in Book First Chapter 2?

3. What does Maggie tell her father about her feelings for Charlotte in Book Second Chapter 4?

4. What does the Prince require Fanny to promise to do throughout his marriage?

5. How has Charlotte found out about the Prince's wedding to Maggie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the group react when they return to the house to find Adam with Mrs. Rance?

2. What are the Prince and Maggie discussing at the beginning of the novel?

3. How does Mr.Verver come to the realization that he should marry Charlotte?

4. According to Maggie, what has changed for her socially since her marriage to the Prince?

5. What does Adam wonder when watching his daughter and her husband together?

6. How is the Prince feeling emotionally in Book Second Chapter 3?

7. What reasons does Charlotte give for wanting to send a telegram to Maggie? How does Maggie respond to the news?

8. What do Charlotte and Mr.Verver do while in Brighton?

9. Why is Fanny feeling ill at ease in Book First Chapter 2?

10. What does the Prince think of Fanny Assingham?

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