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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 the Prince note while he is speaking to Fanny in Book Third Chapter 7?

2. What happens to the women's relationship after Maggie visits Charlotte in Chapter 2 of Book Fourth?

3. What does Maggie think her father may want to do before leaving for America?

4. What does Maggie tell her husband when he arrives home from Matcham?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Maggie suggest the Prince do on their way home from the dinner party in Book Fourth Chapter 3? How does the Prince then startle Maggie?

7. When Charlotte visits the Prince in Book Third Chapter 5, what do they discuss?

8. What is the Prince's response when Maggie tells him he may be left alone with Charlotte in Book Sixth Chapter 1?

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

10. At the end of the novel, what sacrifices does Maggie make in her quest to be alone with her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of adultery in the novel. Who is having an adulterous affair? What leads these characters to commit adultery? Are they completely to blame? How does their adultery affect their relationships with their spouses?

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

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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