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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 do Charlotte and the Prince discuss as they shop in Book First Chapter 5?

2. How does Charlotte feel in Book Third Chapter 1?

3. How does Fanny describe the Prince's relationship with Charlotte in Book First Chapter 2?

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

5. What is Charlotte's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Prince think of Fanny Assingham?

2. Why do Charlotte and the Prince decide against buying the golden bowl?

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

4. What does the Prince feel lonely for in Book Second Chapter 3?

5. Why is Adam happy with the state of his life? What is the one thing that is lacking?

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

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

8. What are the Prince and Charlotte discussing when Fanny returns to the room in Book First Chapter 3?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at the end of the novel "The Golden Bowl"? Is everything resolved? Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? What happens to the principle characters and their marriages?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author of the novel "The Golden Bowl," Henry James. What others works did he write? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and James' other work? How is he regarded in the literary world?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze James's use of irony. What are the different types of irony? Are there examples of each type in the novel? What are some examples of irony in the novel? What do these examples mean?

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