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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. According to Maggie, what is the rarest and most valuable addition to the collection?

2. Where do Mr. Verver and Charlotte spend several days together in Book Second Chapter 6?

3. What advice does Bob give Fanny in Book Third Chapter 3?

4. What language do the Prince and Charlotte speak to each other in in Book First Chapter 6?

5. What does Adam believe the ladies at his home are doing in Book Second Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Charlotte confess to the Prince while they sat in the park in Book First Chapter 5?

4. What does Maggie share with the Prince about her father when the conversation turns to the romantic outlook of Americans?

5. Why is the Prince marrying Maggie?

6. Why do the female guests at Fawns leave in Book Second Chapter 5?

7. What do Charlotte and Mr.Verver do while in Brighton?

8. What does the reader learn about Adam's relationship with his wife?

9. Maggie's father notices that Maggie has something on her mind in Book Second Chapter 4. What is it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Maggie and the Prince. Why do they decide to marry? Do they have a happy marriage? Why does the Prince feel lonely and excluded? Are Maggie and the Prince able to overcome the problems in their marriage? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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