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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who steers conversation at Mr. Offord's house?
(a) Brooksmith.
(b) The guests steer it among themselves.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Mr. Offord.

2. What is it that shocks Mrs. Walker about Daisy Miller's behavior?
(a) She smokes cigarettes.
(b) She drinks.
(c) She goes out alone.
(d) She walks with men in the street.

3. How does James describe Brooksmith's personality?
(a) Competent.
(b) Ineffectual.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Bumbling.

4. What is the main character working on when the Monarchs come to see him?
(a) Writing a pamphlet.
(b) Composing a letter.
(c) Looking for a model.
(d) Illustrating a book.

5. Who is Julianne Bordereau?
(a) Aspern's wife.
(b) Aspern's aunt.
(c) Aspern's lover.
(d) Miss Tita's niece.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James characterize Brooksmith' success in his new positions?

2. What is improper about Winterbourne talking to Daisy Miller at first?

3. Where does Brooksmith go after his mother dies?

4. How does James characterize the Monarchs?

5. How far is the publisher willing to go to get the Aspern papers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is James saying about aristocracy in 'The Real Thing'?

2. What is unique about James' narrative perspective in 'Brooksmith'?

3. What is the publisher trying to obtain in 'The Aspern Papers'?

4. Who are Miss Churm and Oronte?

5. What is the first surprise we find out about Major and Mrs. Monarch?

6. Who is Pemberton? What is he hired to do?

7. What is it about Daisy Miller that is so shocking the Europeans, and certain Americans?

8. What do the Europeans believe will happen to Daisy Miller, and what is their knowledge founded in?

9. What is the narrator's interest in Brooksmith?

10. What was 'Brooksmith' based on?

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