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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 does Adam wonder while he watches his daughter with her husband in Book Second Chapter 2?

2. What instrument does Charlotte play music for Mr. Verver with in Book Second Chapter 5?

3. What does Maggie tell her father about her feelings for Charlotte in Book Second Chapter 4?

4. What does Charlotte do with the telegram from the Prince in Book Second Chapter 7?

5. What do the Prince and Fanny discuss while waiting for Charlotte to arrive in Book First Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Maggie and her father become knowledgeable on the subject of the Prince's family history?

2. What does the Prince feel lonely for in Book Second Chapter 3?

3. What does Charlotte ask the Prince to help her do at the end of Book First Chapter 3?

4. What does Fanny discuss with her husband in Book First Chapter 4?

5. Why is the Prince marrying Maggie?

6. What does Charlotte confess to the Prince while they sat in the park in Book First Chapter 5?

7. How does the group react when they return to the house to find Adam with Mrs. Rance?

8. Why do the female guests at Fawns leave in Book Second Chapter 5?

9. What are the Prince and Charlotte discussing when Fanny returns to the room in Book First Chapter 3?

10. What does the Prince think about during his carriage ride to Fanny's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at the end of the novel "The Golden Bowl"? Is everything resolved? Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? What happens to the principle characters and their marriages?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Maggie's character growth throughout the novel. What causes her to grow as a character? In what ways does she grow? How does her marriage to the Prince and the problems they have help her grow? In what way did her relationship with her father stunt her emotional growth?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze James's use of symbolism in the novel. What are some examples of symbolism in the novel? What do these symbols represent? How do the examples of symbolism relate to marriages of the principle characters?

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