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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 does Fanny say she never wants to find out in chapter 10 of Book Third?

2. In Book Fourth Chapter 4, when Maggie's father comes to visit her alone, what does she wonder about?

3. What is the result when Maggie, the Prince, Charlotte, and Mr. Vermer spend time together in Book Fourth Chapter 4?

4. What is the only thing the Prince can focus on as Charlotte and Mr. Verver leave?

5. What does Maggie attempt to make her father believe are her feelings in Book Fifth Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What thought about who is to blame for the affair occurs to Maggie when she is on the terrace at Fawns in Book Fifth Chapter 1? What does Maggie realize she is most afraid of happening?

2. What does Fanny notice about the Prince's and the Ververs' households in Book Third Chapter 6?

3. What does Maggie see on Fanny's face when Maggie speaks to her about the relationship between Charlotte and the Prince in Book Fourth Chapter 6?

4. What sense of accomplishment does Maggie feel after throwing a dinner party in Book Fourth Chapter 4?

5. What does Maggie have in mind all the while when she rekindles her friendship with Charlotte?

6. In Book Third Chapter 8, why does Charlotte have no worries about Fanny revealing the truth about her affair with the Prince?

7. After the dinner party, when Maggie tries to speak to her husband about Charlotte, what can she not help but appear to feel toward Charlotte?

8. Why does Maggie suppose the Prince wants to stay near London In Book Sixth Chapter 1?

9. In Book Fifth, Chapter 5, how does Fanny explain the sullen behavior being exhibited by Charlotte to Maggie?

10. What does Maggie recall Fanny comparing the relationship of Maggie, the Prince, Mr. Verver, and Charlotte to?

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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