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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 Maggie tell her husband when he arrives home from Matcham?
(a) That she knows about his affair.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she is going to stay with her father.
(d) That she wants to move to Italy.

2. What does Maggie decide to meet with Charlotte to hear about in Book Fourth Chapter 2?
(a) Charlotte's plans to redecorate the house at Fawns.
(b) Charlotte's reasons for having an affair with the Prince.
(c) The party at Matcham.
(d) The cathedrals Charlotte visited.

3. What does the Prince note while he is speaking to Fanny in Book Third Chapter 7?
(a) That Charlotte is avoiding making eye contact with him.
(b) That Maggie has been telling Fanny lies.
(c) That Fanny looks angry.
(d) That Fanny has lied to him for the first time.

4. Who destroys the golden bowl in Book Fourth Chapter 9?
(a) Fanny.
(b) The Prince.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Charlotte.

5. How does Maggie think the Prince looks when she goes to tell him about Charlotte's request?
(a) Dirtied.
(b) Invigorated.
(c) Caged.
(d) Aged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maggie think her father may want to do before leaving for America?

2. What does Maggie realize was her goal for so long in Book Sixth Chapter 2?

3. What can Maggie not help but appear to feel when she tries to talk to her husband about Charlotte in Book Fourth Chapter 4?

4. What does Fanny tell her husband about Maggie in Book Third Chapter 11?

5. Why do Charlotte and the Prince stay at the party longer than most other guests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlotte say may have made things different in her relationship with the Prince and her husband?

2. How does Mr. Verver describe himself, Charlotte, the Prince, and Maggie as a group while speaking to Maggie in the park?

3. After the dinner party, when Maggie tries to speak to her husband about Charlotte, what can she not help but appear to feel toward Charlotte?

4. What does Maggie have in mind all the while when she rekindles her friendship with Charlotte?

5. In Book Fourth Chapter 7, what do the Assinghams remind each other of? What does Fanny worry about being accused of if the truth about the Prince's and Charlotte's relationship comes out?

6. What does Fanny believe Maggie has discovered and must do in Book Third Chapter 11?

7. How does Maggie find out about the past relationship between Charlotte and the Prince?

8. What thought about who is to blame for the affair occurs to Maggie when she is on the terrace at Fawns in Book Fifth Chapter 1? What does Maggie realize she is most afraid of happening?

9. In Book Fifth, Chapter 5, how does Fanny explain the sullen behavior being exhibited by Charlotte to Maggie?

10. What does Maggie recall Fanny comparing the relationship of Maggie, the Prince, Mr. Verver, and Charlotte to?

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