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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 worries Mr. Townsend about Mrs Penniman's advice?

2. How old is Catherine when Dr. Sloper invites his widowed sister to live with them temporarily?

3. What does Mr. Townsend tell Catherine after talking to her father?

4. What does Mrs Penniman tell Catherine?

5. Where does Mr. Townsend meet Catherine in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Sloper question Mr. Townsend about in Chapter 7?

2. According to Chapter 2, who is Mrs. Penniman and what does she do?

3. What will Dr. Sloper not bend on?

4. What does Dr. Sloper learn about Catherine in Chapter 8?

5. What conversation does Dr. Sloper have with Mr. Townsend in Chapter 9?

6. Why is Catherine afraid in Chapter 10?

7. What causes Mrs. Penniman distress?

8. What does Catherine's father tease her about?

9. Where is Dr. Sloper invited in Chapter 14?

10. What does Dr. Sloper tell Mrs. Almond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of filial duty in the 1800's as presented by Henry James in Washington Square.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Catherine's decision not to tell her father she will not marry Mr. Townsend after his death and how this ultimately affects Catherine.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how Henry James develops the conflict and plot of the novel.

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