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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts Mrs. Rance to leave Fawns in Book Second Chapter 5?

2. Why does the Prince intentionally stay at Fanny's in Book First Chapter 3?

3. What does the Prince believe Fanny has a stronger sense of than he?

4. What does the Prince suggest should happen following his marriage to Maggie?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Prince and Maggie discussing at the beginning of the novel?

2. What reasons does Charlotte give for wanting to send a telegram to Maggie? How does Maggie respond to the news?

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

4. How is the Prince feeling emotionally in Book Second Chapter 3?

5. What does Charlotte ask the Prince to help her do at the end of Book First Chapter 3?

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

7. How did Maggie and her father become knowledgeable on the subject of the Prince's family history?

8. How does Mr.Verver come to the realization that he should marry Charlotte?

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

10. What does the Prince think of Fanny Assingham?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss conflict in "The Golden Bowl." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations cause these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Maggie's character growth throughout the novel. What causes her to grow as a character? In what ways does she grow? How does her marriage to the Prince and the problems they have help her grow? In what way did her relationship with her father stunt her emotional growth?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the characters Charlotte Stant and Maggie Verver. What are their defining character traits? What similarities and differences do these characters have? Are they friends?

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