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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 advice does Bob give Fanny in Book Third Chapter 3?

2. Why does Adam think he needs a wife?

3. What is Maggie unaware of in regard to the relationship between the Prince and Charlotte?

4. What does Charlotte tell the Prince is her reason for returning to London in Book First Chapter 5?

5. According to the Prince, with what intention has Charlotte come to London?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is the Prince marrying Maggie?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Adam Verver. What are his defining character traits? What does the reader learn of his past, particularly his past with his wife? What are his interests and hobbies? Why is he so interested in collecting rare objects? How does he treat his daughter and his son-in-law? How does he treat his second wife, Charlotte?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Maggie and her father, Adam Verver. What evidence is there that suggests they have a close relationship? How are Adam's and Maggie's choices influenced by each other? Is their relationship destructive in any way? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Charlotte and the Prince. What do they feel for one another? What romantic history do they share? What circumstances lead to their romantic relationship during their marriages?

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