Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following conclusions do Douglas’s companions jump to?

A) That he wrote the story himself

B) That there was love between him and the governess

C) That he had fabricated the existence of the manuscript

D) That he attended Trinity College

2. Which of the following assertions could be made about most of the characters in James’s novella?

A) They are directly related to royalty.

B) They are economic migrants.

C) They are facing expulsion from high society.

D) They come from a wealthy background.

3. Which of the following examples from the text regard the British Empire’s colonial legacy?

A) Comments on the expectations of the governess

B) References to characters stationed in India

C) Remarks regarding the necessity of boarding school

D) Innuendos revolving around the possibility of sexual assault

4. Which of the following words best describe the governess’s initial impressions of Flora and Miles throughout her manuscript?

A) Divine

B) Calculated

C) Aloof

D) Chaotic

5. Which of the following implications are made about Peter Quint’s character?

A) That he was an upstanding gentleman from India

B) That he shared an intimate relationship with Mrs. Grose

C) That he behaved inappropriately with the children

D) That he stole most of the children’s dowries during his employment

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