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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 Fanny tell her husband about Maggie in Book Third Chapter 11?
(a) That Maggie is doubting her husband's fidelity.
(b) That Maggie will do anything to protect her father.
(c) That she regrets ever meeting Maggie.
(d) That Maggie is deathly ill.

2. What does the Prince realize at the dinner party at Mr. Verver's house?
(a) That Maggie is happiest when she is with her father.
(b) That Charlotte has no interest in her husband.
(c) That Maggie is still thought of as Mr. Verver's daughter, not the Prince's wife.
(d) That Charlotte is resentful of Maggie's relationship with Mr. Verver.

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

4. How does Maggie think Charlotte feels about moving in Book Sixth Chapter 2?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Apprehensive.
(d) Excited.

5. What does Maggie see on Fanny's face when she talks to her about the Prince and Charlotte's behavior after returning from the Mitcham party?
(a) An expression of joy.
(b) An expression of disgust.
(c) An expression of anger.
(d) An expression of fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Charlotte worry about Fanny saying anything about her affair with the Prince?

2. What does Fanny say Maggie has realized for the first time in Chapter 11 of Book Third?

3. What happens to the women's relationship after Maggie visits Charlotte in Chapter 2 of Book Fourth?

4. Why did the shop keeper come to Maggie's house as explained in Book Fourth Chapter 10?

5. By what mode of transportation do Charlotte and Mr. Verver depart at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Book Third Chapter 8, why does Charlotte have no worries about Fanny revealing the truth about her affair with the Prince?

3. 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?

4. What plan of Charlotte's does Maggie tell Fanny about in Book Sixth Chapter 1?

5. How does Fanny explain Charlotte's bahavior toward the Prince to her husband in Book Third Chapter 10? How does Fanny say she now feels about Charlotte?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Maggie see on Fanny's face when Maggie speaks to her about the relationship between Charlotte and the Prince in Book Fourth Chapter 6?

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