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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. How does James characterize the Moreens?

2. How does James characterize the Monarchs as models?

3. What is the publisher trying to get his hands on?

4. Where does the narrator think Brooksmith is now?

5. How does James describe Pemberton's salary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are Miss Churm and Oronte?

3. What was 'Brooksmith' based on?

4. What feelings does the ending of 'The Aspern Papers' create in the reader?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Mr. Oliver Offord's salons.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the rules that govern James' storytelling? What can you surmise from his essays and stories? Do his stories and his essays agree?

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Which critical insight do you find most useful to understanding Henry James' work? Make an argument for one critical view of his stories. Tell why other critics were not as useful to your view of James.

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