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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gray Maturin id the son of _____________.
(a) A millionaire broker
(b) A lawyer
(c) A hotel chain owner
(d) A restaurant chain owner

2. Who does Elliott tell Mrs. Bradley lives in London?
(a) A top diabetic specialist
(b) His father
(c) A top marriage councellor
(d) Sherlock Holmes

3. Gray is made a partner in ______________.
(a) A decorating business
(b) A bomb factory
(c) A brokerage business
(d) A clothes factory

4. Henry Maturin dies of ___________.
(a) Measles
(b) A heart attack
(c) Lung cancer
(d) Diabetes

5. How old is Suzanne when she moves to Paris?
(a) 22
(b) 18
(c) 13
(d) 15

6. What does Maugham say Isabel is wearing a mask of when she stares at Larry?
(a) Hate
(b) Lust
(c) Digust
(d) Love

7. What are the names of Isabella's two children?
(a) Larry and Henry
(b) Timmy and Jack
(c) John and Joan
(d) Joan and Priscilla

8. At what time of year do Mrs. Bradley and Isabel arrive in Paris?
(a) Spring
(b) Summer
(c) Autumn
(d) Winter

9. Why does Maugham think Elliott wants to get Isabel's mind off Larry?
(a) To marry Mrs. Bradley
(b) To show off his connections
(c) To get back at Larry
(d) To seduce her

10. Who does the author sit next to at the dinner party?
(a) Mrs. Bradley
(b) Isabel
(c) Laurence
(d) Sophie

11. What is the only thing Larry says he is interested in doing?
(a) Traveling
(b) Loving
(c) Loafing
(d) Fighting

12. What does Isabel presume Larry still is?
(a) A dreamer
(b) A virgin
(c) A joker
(d) A child

13. Which of the following characters is a renowned decorator?
(a) Isabel
(b) Elliott Templeton
(c) Gregory Brabazon
(d) Laurence Darrell

14. To which organization does Elliott donate money?
(a) The hospital
(b) The orphanage
(c) Crufts
(d) The church

15. Why does Maugham state it is difficult to write about people from another country?
(a) They rarely give accurate information.
(b) They cannot speak English.
(c) A foreigner can never understand them.
(d) A foreigner always compares it to his own country.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Elliott?

2. What is the name of the man Sophie marries?

3. What does Larry find out that Kosti has studied?

4. Where is Maugham leaving for after his dinner with Elliott in Chicago?

5. At whose house does Eliott say they are having lunch?

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