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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. How does James describe Pemberton?
(a) Sophisticated and smart.
(b) Outgoing and gregarious.
(c) Weak and ineffectual.
(d) Brilliant and curious.

2. How does James characterize the Monarchs?
(a) Lackadaisical.
(b) Well-born.
(c) Angry.
(d) Slovenly.

3. How does James characterize the relationship between Morgan and Pemberton?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Comrades.
(d) Enemies.

4. Why does the publisher not get the papers?
(a) Miss Juliana burns them.
(b) They never actually existed.
(c) Miss Tita burns them.
(d) He cannot afford them.

5. What is it that requires Mr. Oliver Offord to stay home?
(a) His responsibilities.
(b) His ailing mother.
(c) His bad leg.
(d) His health.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the narrator stop by Mr. Offord's house?

2. Where does the narrator think Brooksmith is now?

3. What outcome is the main character hoping his work will bring?

4. How does James characterize Oronte and Miss Churm as models?

5. Who summons the narrator to Brooksmith's bedside when Brooksmith falls ill?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the publisher involve Miss Tita in his plot?

3. What is the irony in the title ''The Real Thing'?

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

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

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

7. What is the setting of 'Daisy Miller,' and why is this significant?

8. What is Brooksmith's relationship with Mr. Oliver Offord?

9. Describe the conditions under which Morgan dies.

10. What was 'Brooksmith' based on?

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