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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Books 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Strether tell Madame de Vionnet in Book 6?
(a) She is not as attractive as her mother.
(b) She is perfect.
(c) She is an angel of light.
(d) She is too tall.

2. What does Madame de Vionnet tell Strether that she has heard about him?
(a) The finest things.
(b) A great deal.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A sordid history.

3. What does Strether seek to ask Bilham in Book 5?
(a) Whether he wants to return to America.
(b) Whether he is passing in Parisian society.
(c) Whether he finds Madame de Vionnet attractive.
(d) Whether he finds Jeanne attractive.

4. What does Madame de Voinnet ask Strether in front of the Pococks in Book 9?
(a) Whether he would spend more time with her.
(b) Why he hates her.
(c) Whether he loves her.
(d) What he thinks of her match with Chad.

5. What does Strether say to Bilham concerning Jeanne in Book 6?
(a) That she is too good for Chad.
(b) That Jeanne is more attractive than her mother.
(c) That if Chad gives her up, he should be ashamed of himself.
(d) That Jeanne should come to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname is used for Sarah?

2. Who is Jim's wife?

3. What does Miss Gostrey say about Cannes?

4. What does Miss Gostrey tell Strether in Book 4?

5. What does Bilham ask Strether in Book 4?

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