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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maugham say Isabel kills Sophie?
(a) She is seen at the harbor.
(b) She has a motive.
(c) He wants to frighten her.
(d) She plantsthe vodka.

2. Why is Maugham upset?
(a) He has lost his pen.
(b) He cannot tell the story in Larry's voice.
(c) He cannot go back to Seville.
(d) He has forgotten his note book.

3. What does Maugham compliment Isabel on to calm her down?
(a) Her shoes
(b) Her intelligence
(c) Her fashion sense
(d) Her looks

4. What is Larry's story about?
(a) How he got back to Paris.
(b) How he found love.
(c) How he met Suzanne.
(d) How he became a writer.

5. In her note, what does Isabel say has happened?
(a) Something strange
(b) Someting very funny
(c) Something terrible
(d) Something unbelievable

6. For what does Maugham say she sacrificed Larry?
(a) A diamond ring and a mink coat
(b) Children
(c) Two point four children
(d) Security

7. Who knocks on Maugham door at his house on the Riviera?
(a) His brother
(b) The police
(c) Sophie
(d) The FBI

8. What is the subject of Larry's book?
(a) Love
(b) India
(c) Successful men
(d) The Absolute

9. Who comes instead of the local bishop?
(a) The pope
(b) The cardinal
(c) The bishop
(d) The president

10. To whho does Maugham compare Larry?
(a) Elliott
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Gandhi
(d) Knut Hamsun

11. Who does Maugham visit at the Riviera?
(a) Isabel
(b) Gray
(c) Elliott
(d) Larry

12. In what country does Gray start looking for work?
(a) India
(b) England
(c) Germany
(d) America

13. To what city is Larry taking a ship?
(a) New Mexico
(b) London
(c) New York
(d) San Francisco

14. Why does Elliott refuse to lend Paul his costume?
(a) He has no morals
(b) He is careless
(c) He is crass
(d) He is a hopeless gossip

15. To whom does Elliott leave his house, his apartment, his paintings and his furniture?
(a) Maugham
(b) Isabel and Gray
(c) Larry
(d) Mrs. Bradley

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ganesha's friend allow Larry to use?

2. What is the name of Elliott's costume?

3. Why is opium easier to get in Toulouse?

4. Why does Isabel plant the vodka?

5. How many years have Gray and Isabel spent in Paris?

(see the answer keys)

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