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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 Dr. Sloper ask of his sister?

2. What does Mrs. Penniman encourage Catherine to forgo?

3. What does Mrs Penniman encourage Catherine to do?

4. With whom does Dr Sloper want to talk?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Townsend tell Catherine about her father?

2. What does Mr. Townsend do after he stops going to Washington Square?

3. What is the relationship between Dr. Sloper and Miss Catherine Harrington in Chapter 1?

4. What does Mrs. Penniman encourage Catherine to do in Chapter 17?

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

6. What does Dr. Sloper insist in Chapter 11?

7. What does Dr. Sloper insist about Townsend?

8. What does Dr. Sloper pledge?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of an inheritance based on customs in early America.

Essay Topic 2

Examine how being a romantic, as Mrs. Penniman is, can cause hardship in relationships and in providing advice on relationships.

Essay Topic 3

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

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