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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. Where does Charlotte join the Prince in Chapter 9 of Book Third?
(a) In the gazebo.
(b) On the veranda.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In the dining room.

2. What conclusion does Fanny come to in Book Third Chapter 10?
(a) That Mr. Verver is suspicious of the Prince and Charlotte.
(b) That Charlotte and the Prince are having a love affair.
(c) That Maggie knows about the Prince's past with Charlotte.
(d) That there is nothing going on between Charlotte and the Prince.

3. What does Fanny say Maggie has realized for the first time in Chapter 11 of Book Third?
(a) That Charlotte is her genuine friend.
(b) That Maggie's marriage would be stronger if her father moved away.
(c) That Maggie is to blame for her husband's unhappiness.
(d) That she misses her husband.

4. In Book Fourth Chapter 4, when Maggie's father comes to visit her alone, what does she wonder about?
(a) Whether the Prince and Charlotte are together.
(b) Whether Charlotte would be happy to move back to America.
(c) Whether her father is ill.
(d) Whether Charlotte is at all fond of Mr. Verver.

5. What is Charlotte described as being led by her husband by in Book Fifth Chapter 4?
(a) A bejewelled necklace.
(b) A red thread.
(c) An apron string.
(d) A silken rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Verver describe himself, Charlotte, the Prince, and Maggie as a group?

2. How does Maggie think the Prince looks when she goes to tell him about Charlotte's request?

3. In Chapter 5 of Book Third, what does Charlotte say she will tell her husband about how she spent her day?

4. What does Maggie ask the people the identifies as being helpful to her plan to do?

5. What is the day that Charlotte and the Prince are spending together likened to in Chapter 9 of Book Third?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What sense of accomplishment does Maggie feel after throwing a dinner party in Book Fourth Chapter 4?

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

4. What does Fanny notice about the Prince's and the Ververs' households in Book Third Chapter 6?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. At the end of the novel, what sacrifices does Maggie make in her quest to be alone with her husband?

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

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