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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. In Book Fourth Chapter 4, when Maggie's father comes to visit her alone, what does she wonder about?

2. What does Charlotte imply will never happen between she and Mr. Verver?

3. How does Maggie feel in her situation in Book Fourth Chapter 2?

4. Who does the Prince think should be the one to introduce the idea to Mr. Verver?

5. Why did the shop keeper come to Maggie's house as explained in Book Fourth Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Book Fourth Chapter 3, what does Maggie devise a plan for? What does this plan include.

10. In Book Fifth, Chapter 1, why does Maggie think the Prince has recognized and accepted the change in her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Maggie and her father, Adam Verver. What evidence is there that suggests they have a close relationship? How are Adam's and Maggie's choices influenced by each other? Is their relationship destructive in any way? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of suspicion in the novel "The Golden Bowl." Who is suspicious of whom and why? Do these characters act on their suspicions? Are their suspicions based on truth? How do these examples of suspicion affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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