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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 game does the party at Fawns play in Book Fifth Chapter 2?

2. What does Fanny tell her husband about Maggie in Book Third Chapter 11?

3. How does Maggie feel in her situation in Book Fourth Chapter 2?

4. What does the Prince think about the party in Chapter 8 of Book Third?

5. Why did the shop keeper come to Maggie's house as explained in Book Fourth Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Charlotte say may have made things different in her relationship with the Prince and her husband?

3. 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?

4. What does the analogy of the day being like a cup remind the Prince of?

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

6. What does Charlotte ask Maggie in Book Fifth Chapter 1, and how does Charlotte ask Maggie to prove her response?

7. In Book Fifth, Chapter 1, why does Maggie think the Prince has recognized and accepted the change in her?

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

9. How does Fanny explain Charlotte's bahavior toward the Prince to her husband in Book Third Chapter 10? How does Fanny say she now feels about Charlotte?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Maggie's character growth throughout the novel. What causes her to grow as a character? In what ways does she grow? How does her marriage to the Prince and the problems they have help her grow? In what way did her relationship with her father stunt her emotional growth?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss conflict in "The Golden Bowl." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations cause these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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