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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 does Mr. Verver do following the exploration of Mr. Gutermann-Seuss's collection?
(a) He asks Charlotte to marry him.
(b) He scraps his plans to open a museum.
(c) He writes to Maggie to tell her about it.
(d) He buys part of the collection.

2. What do Charlotte and the Prince discuss as they shop in Book First Chapter 5?
(a) Maggie's positive qualities.
(b) Fanny's good nature.
(c) The weather.
(d) London.

3. What does the Prince believe Fanny has a stronger sense of than he?
(a) A sixth sense.
(b) A moral sense.
(c) A fashion sense.
(d) A sense of place.

4. At the end of Chapter 2 of Book Third, how does Fanny feel about the Prince's behavior?
(a) Devastated.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Afraid.

5. What is Charlotte's last name?
(a) Stant.
(b) Swan.
(c) Spear.
(d) Shire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Maggie and the Prince go in Book Second Chapter 5?

2. According to Fanny and the Prince, how will Maggie react to the news that Charlotte is in town?

3. Why does Maggie wish she had waited until she was older to marry?

4. Who do Maggie and her father spend time with after lunch in Book Second Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Prince and Charlotte discussing when Fanny returns to the room in Book First Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the Prince think of Fanny Assingham?

7. What is Charlotte's response when Fanny asks her why neither she nor the Prince are with their spouses in Book Third Chapter 1?

8. What does the Prince want to find out from Charlotte after she arrives at Fanny's in Book First Chapter 3?

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

10. Why is the Prince marrying Maggie?

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