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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 advice does Bob give Fanny in Book Third Chapter 3?
(a) To let the Prince and Charlotte sort out their relationship themselves.
(b) To keep an eye on Mr. Verver's moods.
(c) To tell Maggie about her suspicions.
(d) To end her friendships with the Prince, Maggie and Charlotte.

2. What language do the Prince and Charlotte speak to each other in in Book First Chapter 6?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

3. Where do Charlotte and the Prince go before starting their shopping?
(a) They go to a park to sit.
(b) To a coffee shop.
(c) To the zoo.
(d) To a hotel.

4. Who is the author of "The Golden Bowl"?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

5. 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 starting a business with Maggie.
(c) The intention of stealing the Prince away from Maggie.
(d) The intention of seeing Maggie happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident do Maggie and her father finally talk about in Book Second Chapter 3?

2. What has Fanny done for the Prince in the past?

3. What can Maggie not deny in Book Second Chapter 3?

4. What instrument does Charlotte play music for Mr. Verver with in Book Second Chapter 5?

5. At the end of Chapter 2 of Book Third, how does Fanny feel about the Prince's behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Prince think about during his carriage ride to Fanny's?

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

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

5. What does Bob suggest after listening to his wife's worries about the relationship between the Prince and Charlotte in Book Third Chapter 3?

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

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

8. Why is the Prince marrying Maggie?

9. Why do the Prince and Charlotte feel no guilt about their adulterous relationship?

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

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