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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who says hello to Maugham in Cafe Du Dome?
(a) Sophie
(b) Mrs. Bradley
(c) Elliott
(d) Larry

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

5. What is the reason the author states he is writing the story?
(a) He wants to get over his depression.
(b) He needs people to understand.
(c) His friend's biographer will have useful information.
(d) He needs money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Sophie sit next to at a dinner party twelve years before?

2. Who gives Isabel away?

3. Why does Mrs. Bradley decline to visit her brother's new home?

4. From what is Gray suffering when he goes out to dinner?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do things change for Elliott in Chapter 6?

2. Why does Isabel become so lustful in the car?

3. How does Maugham go about trying to find Larry?

4. Describe Isabel's marriage and life with Gray.

5. What happens to Kosti and Larry in Germany?

6. How is Larry when he meets Isabel and Gray in Chapter 7?

7. Why does Larry want to go to Paris?

8. How does the stock market crash affect the main characters?

9. What reason does Maugham give for Elliott helping Isabel?

10. What do the adults say about Larry's future?

(see the answer keys)

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