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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 is the reason for the Monarchs' insistence?

2. What does the publisher bring to Julianne Bordereau?

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

4. How does the main character describe the Monarchs' intelligence?

5. What are the main character's feelings about the episode of the Monarchs' visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Miss Churm and Oronte?

2. What effect do the Monarchs have on the illustrator's art?

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

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

5. How effective is the unnamed publisher at getting the Aspern papers?

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

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

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

9. How does Winterbourne meet Daisy Miller?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of James' relationships are platonic friendships. What do you think is the value of marriage in these stories, and do you think that James is somehow proposing that a different kind of relationship has a higher value than marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluation of 'The Tales of Henry James.' What is this book's place in our culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

In 'The Real Thing' and other stories, James uses irony to evoke strong emotions and even feelings of surprise in the reader. Describe two different uses of irony in James' stories. Analyze the emotions created in the reader by the stories.

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