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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 can Maggie not deny in Book Second Chapter 3?

2. What is Adam's last name?

3. How has Charlotte found out about the Prince's wedding to Maggie?

4. What qualities does the Prince claim are to be admired in Book First Chapter 1?

5. When Maggie and the Prince return to the house in Book Second Chapter 2, who do they find Adam with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Prince think about during his carriage ride to Fanny's?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the Prince feeling fearful in Book First Chapter 2?

8. Why do Charlotte and the Prince begin to speak Italian in the shop on Bloomsbury Street?

9. After her conversation with the Prince at the party in Book Third Chapter 2, how does Fanny feel about him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character the Prince. What are his defining character traits? What is his background? Why does he desire wealth so much? Is he happy? How does he treat those around him?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of marriage in the novel "The Golden Bowl." Why do the Prince and Charlotte wish to marry one another? Why do Adam and Charlotte decide to marry one another? Are the marriages successful? What problems do the characters experience in their marriages? How do they solve these problems?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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