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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Elliott arrange for Larry to sit next to _________.
(a) A young Mexican woman
(b) An older Parisian woman
(c) Maugham
(d) His mother

2. What is the name of the coaling town where Larry goes?
(a) Scarborough
(b) Lens
(c) Marseille
(d) Bruges

3. What does the author initially state he has not done?
(a) Injected any humor
(b) Based anything on the truth
(c) Included his wife in the story
(d) Invented or embellished anything

4. How many years has it been since Maugham last saw Isabel?
(a) Three years
(b) Ten years
(c) Fifteen years
(d) Five years

5. For how long does Larry want to go to Paris?
(a) Six months
(b) Two years
(c) Four years
(d) One year

6. In what state does Gray have a plantation?
(a) Missouri
(b) Kentucky
(c) South Carolina
(d) Washington

7. At whose house does Eliott say they are having lunch?
(a) Gregory Brabazon
(b) Louisa Bradley
(c) Mrs. Bradley
(d) Laurence Darrell

8. How much money did Larry give Suzanne?
(a) 12, 0000 dollars
(b) 5, 000 dollars
(c) 12, 000 francs
(d) 8,000 francs

9. What is Larry's excuse for not eating lunch with Elliott?
(a) He does not eat lunch.
(b) He wants to write.
(c) He does not like Elliott.
(d) He has to loaf.

10. In what area of France is Lens located?
(a) Western France
(b) Northern France
(c) Eastern France
(d) Southern France

11. Where does the narrator unexpectedly meet Larry?
(a) At a party
(b) Outside his house
(c) In a bar
(d) In the street

12. What is the name of Suzanne's daughter?
(a) Michelle
(b) freda
(c) Odette
(d) Lorna

13. Which character does Sophie sit next to at a dinner party twelve years before?
(a) Larry
(b) Eliott
(c) Maugham
(d) Gray

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

15. Why is Kosti forced to leave the Polish army?
(a) He stole money
(b) Because of a failed coup attempt
(c) He had an affair with the General's wife
(d) He is a homosexual

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Elliott move to the French Riviera?

2. What do the characters think has changed Larry?

3. What does Isabel presume Larry still is?

4. Why does Isabel say she does not go with Larry's plan to travel Europe?

5. How old is Elliott?

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