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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 date does Mr. Townsend refuse to set in Chapter 21?

2. What is the profession of the young man who proposes to Catherine?

3. What does Dr. Sloper tell his sister?

4. What is Mr. Townsend angry about at the end of Chapter 35?

5. What does Mr. Townsend suggest doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine tell her father in Chapter 18?

2. What does Dr. Sloper ask of Catherine?

3. What does Dr. Sloper do in Chapter 33?

4. What does Dr. Sloper tell Mrs. Almond in Chapter 21?

5. Why is Mr. Townsend reluctant to elope in Chapter 26?

6. What does Catherine claim?

7. What is the relationship like between Mrs. Penniman and Mr. Townsend in Chapter 28?

8. What does Catherine learn of Townsend in Chapter 34?

9. Why does Catherine become jealous in Chapter 25?

10. Why is Catherine happy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Define setting and discuss the significance of Henry James' choice of setting in Washington Square.

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