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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. According to the Prince, with what intention has Charlotte come to London?
(a) The intention of starting a new life in London.
(b) The intention of stealing the Prince away from Maggie.
(c) The intention of seeing Maggie happy.
(d) The intention of starting a business with Maggie.

2. Why does Adam think he needs a wife?
(a) To take care of his collection after he dies.
(b) To have another child with.
(c) To do the things that Maggie had done in the past.
(d) To travel with.

3. When the group returns to the house in Book Second Chapter 2 what does Adam notice in their eyes?
(a) A flicker of disgust.
(b) A flicker of recognition.
(c) A flicker of joy.
(d) A flicker of anger.

4. Who does Charlotte want to notice that she is together with the Prince at the party?
(a) Fanny.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Colonel Assingham.
(d) Mr. Verver.

5. Maggie believes that her father would like the Prince regardless of what?
(a) How much money he had.
(b) What his family background was.
(c) What language he spoke.
(d) Whether or not he loved Maggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Charlotte say Maggie has not come to the party?

2. Where does Mr. Verver pace restlessly before deciding to marry Charlotte?

3. What does Charlotte insist that the Prince and Fanny arrange for her in Book First Chapter 3?

4. Where do Mr. Verver and Charlotte often meet in Book Second Chapter 5?

5. What does the Prince believe Fanny has a stronger sense of than he?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Charlotte and the Prince decide against buying the golden bowl?

3. What does Charlotte ask the Prince to help her do at the end of Book First Chapter 3?

4. What does Fanny discuss with her husband in Book First Chapter 4?

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

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

7. How did Maggie and her father become knowledgeable on the subject of the Prince's family history?

8. Why do Charlotte and the Prince begin to speak Italian in the shop on Bloomsbury Street?

9. Maggie's father notices that Maggie has something on her mind in Book Second Chapter 4. What is it?

10. What does Charlotte confess to the Prince while they sat in the park in Book First Chapter 5?

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