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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 Maggie think she has accomplished with her dinner party in Book Fourth Chapter 4?

2. Where are the Prince and Charlotte discovered when Maggie and her father return home in Book Fourth Chapter 5?

3. Who destroys the golden bowl in Book Fourth Chapter 9?

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 the Prince say when Maggie suggests he may be left alone with Charlotte?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the day that Charlotte and the Prince are able to spend together likened to in Book Third Chapter 9?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. What does Maggie have in mind all the while when she rekindles her friendship with Charlotte?

9. What does Fanny notice about the Prince's and the Ververs' households in Book Third Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Charlotte and Adam. Is their marriage a happy one? Why did they decide to marry? What do they admire about one another? What problems exist in their marriage? Are they able to overcome these problems?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author of the novel "The Golden Bowl," Henry James. What others works did he write? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and James' other work? How is he regarded in the literary world?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Adam Verver. What are his defining character traits? What does the reader learn of his past, particularly his past with his wife? What are his interests and hobbies? Why is he so interested in collecting rare objects? How does he treat his daughter and his son-in-law? How does he treat his second wife, Charlotte?

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