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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 Fanny try to convince Maggie not to meddle with in Book Fourth Chapter 9?
(a) Mr. Verver's museum collection.
(b) Mr. Verver and Charlotte's marriage.
(c) The Prince's inheritance.
(d) Charlotte and the Prince's affair.

2. What does Charlotte send to Maggie in Book Sixth Chapter 2?
(a) A postcard.
(b) A telegram.
(c) A letter.
(d) A parcel.

3. What does Charlotte request of Maggie and the Prince in Book Sixth, Chapter 2?
(a) For them have tea with her.
(b) For them to stay with her at the Fawns for a while.
(c) For them to name their next child after Mr. Verver.
(d) For them to visit her in America at Christmas.

4. Where does Maggie identify some people who will be helpful to her plan?
(a) At a dinner party.
(b) In her address book.
(c) At Fanny's house.
(d) At the theatre.

5. In Book Third Chapter 7, where does Fanny tell the Prince that Maggie and Mr. Verver have decided not to go?
(a) To the opera.
(b) To the Matcham party.
(c) To Paris.
(d) Back to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book Fourth Chapter 4, what does Maggie believe the Prince is purposely doing?

2. What does the Prince realize at the dinner party at Mr. Verver's house?

3. Why doesn't Charlotte worry about Fanny saying anything about her affair with the Prince?

4. Who does Maggie call to her room just before a dinner party in Book Fourth Chapter 8?

5. By what mode of transportation do Charlotte and Mr. Verver depart at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What conflicting feelings does Maggie have when she and her husband are left alone in London for a week in Book Fourth Chapter 8?

5. What does Maggie decide to buy while she is taking a walk in London in Book Fourth Chapter 9?

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

7. In Book Fourth Chapter 7, what do the Assinghams remind each other of? What does Fanny worry about being accused of if the truth about the Prince's and Charlotte's relationship comes out?

8. What does Fanny believe Maggie has discovered and must do in Book Third Chapter 11?

9. What plan of Charlotte's does Maggie tell Fanny about in Book Sixth Chapter 1?

10. How does Mr. Verver describe himself, Charlotte, the Prince, and Maggie as a group while speaking to Maggie in the park?

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