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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. What does Maggie tell Fanny she has discovered in Book Fourth Chapter 9?
(a) That Mrs. Rance has been spreading gossip about Maggie and her husband.
(b) That Fanny has been concealing her ill health.
(c) That the Prince and Charlotte have known each other for a long time.
(d) That Mr. Verver is nearly bankrupt.

2. What does Charlotte ask Maggie about in Book Fifth Chapter 2?
(a) Whether Maggie is expecting a child.
(b) Whether Maggie wants to go back to London.
(c) Whether Mr. Verver has let Maggie down.
(d) Whether she has done something to offend Maggie.

3. What can Maggie not help but appear to feel when she tries to talk to her husband about Charlotte in Book Fourth Chapter 4?
(a) Jealousy for Charlotte.
(b) Distrust of Charlotte.
(c) Anger toward Charlotte.
(d) Affection for Charlotte.

4. Who does the Prince think should be the one to introduce the idea to Mr. Verver?
(a) Fanny.
(b) Colonel Assingham.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Maggie.

5. In Book Fourth Chapter 4, when Maggie's father comes to visit her alone, what does she wonder about?
(a) Whether Charlotte is at all fond of Mr. Verver.
(b) Whether her father is ill.
(c) Whether Charlotte would be happy to move back to America.
(d) Whether the Prince and Charlotte are together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charlotte supposed to travel home with after the party in Chapter 8 of Book Third?

2. What does Maggie think she has accomplished with her dinner party in Book Fourth Chapter 4?

3. What does Charlotte ask Maggie to do in Book Fifth Chapter 2?

4. What does Maggie see on Fanny's face when she talks to her about the Prince and Charlotte's behavior after returning from the Mitcham party?

5. What does Fanny say Maggie has realized for the first time in Chapter 11 of Book Third?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book Fifth, Chapter 5, how does Fanny explain the sullen behavior being exhibited by Charlotte to Maggie?

2. How does Fanny explain Charlotte's bahavior toward the Prince to her husband in Book Third Chapter 10? How does Fanny say she now feels about Charlotte?

3. What does Charlotte say may have made things different in her relationship with the Prince and her husband?

4. What is the Prince's response when Maggie tells him he may be left alone with Charlotte in Book Sixth Chapter 1?

5. How does Maggie find out about the past relationship between Charlotte and the Prince?

6. What does Charlotte ask Maggie in Book Fifth Chapter 1, and how does Charlotte ask Maggie to prove her response?

7. What does Maggie recall Fanny comparing the relationship of Maggie, the Prince, Mr. Verver, and Charlotte to?

8. What does Maggie suggest the Prince do on their way home from the dinner party in Book Fourth Chapter 3? How does the Prince then startle Maggie?

9. In Book Third Chapter 8, why does Charlotte have no worries about Fanny revealing the truth about her affair with the Prince?

10. What thought about who is to blame for the affair occurs to Maggie when she is on the terrace at Fawns in Book Fifth Chapter 1? What does Maggie realize she is most afraid of happening?

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