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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 Dr Sloper request in Chapter 13?

2. What does Dr. Sloper accuse Mr Townsend of doing?

3. Where does Mr. Townsend meet Catherine in Chapter 5?

4. To whom is Catherine close?

5. What does Dr. Sloper refuse to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, who is Mrs. Penniman and what does she do?

2. What conversation does Dr. Sloper have with Mr. Townsend in Chapter 9?

3. Why does Dr. Sloper become annoyed with Catherine in Chapter 15?

4. What does Dr. Sloper learn about Catherine in Chapter 8?

5. What does Mr. Townsend tell Catherine about her father?

6. What does Mrs. Penniman encourage according to Chapter 6?

7. Who has returned to New York and why?

8. What does Dr. Sloper question Mr. Townsend about in Chapter 7?

9. What will Dr. Sloper not bend on?

10. What concern does Dr. Sloper have regarding Catherine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss James' use of a narrator in the novel and analyze how it benefits or detracts from the story line of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Examine how Henry James develops the conflict and plot of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Henry James focus on social conventions and beliefs as presented in the novel.

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