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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 prompts Mrs. Rance to leave Fawns in Book Second Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Verver's lack of interest in Mrs. Rance.
(b) News that the weather will turn dreary for several days.
(c) Maggie's rude comments towards her.
(d) Charlotte's arrival.

2. Who do Maggie and her father spend time with after lunch in Book Second Chapter 3?
(a) The Prince.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Fanny.
(d) Maggie's son.

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

4. What is the name of Adam's summer home?
(a) The Honeysuckle.
(b) The Fawns.
(c) The Willows.
(d) The Rose.

5. According to Fanny, what will Maggie be terribly hurt by if she ever finds out?
(a) That the Prince might not love her.
(b) That Charlotte is not visiting to help with the wedding.
(c) The relationship between the Prince and Charlotte.
(d) That Maggie's father is broke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maggie unaware of in regard to the relationship between the Prince and Charlotte?

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. What do the Prince and Fanny discuss while waiting for Charlotte to arrive in Book First Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do the female guests at Fawns leave in Book Second Chapter 5?

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 are the Prince and Maggie discussing at the beginning of the novel?

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

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

9. Why is the Prince feeling fearful in Book First Chapter 2?

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

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