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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 Maugham do while Isabel cries?
(a) Sleeps
(b) Reads
(c) Goes into the garden
(d) Hugs her

2. What is the name of Elliott's costume?
(a) A Prince de Lauria
(b) A Count de Lauria
(c) A Duke de Lauria
(d) A Lord de Lauria

3. Who does Maugham meet at the police station?
(a) Isabel
(b) Gray
(c) Larry
(d) Suzanne

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Isabel think Sophie's disappearance is for the best?

2. Who does Maugham visit at the Riviera?

3. For what does Maugham apologize to the reader?

4. What is Hakim's?

5. Who iss Sophie supposed to meet the day she disappeares?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Isabel's terrible news?

2. In what way does Maugham criticize the church?

3. How does Sophie give in to temptation?

4. What does Elliot leave to the main characters in his will?

5. Do you think there is anything suspicious about the incident with the vodka?

6. How does Maugham obtain an invitation?

7. What is Maugham's opinion of Isabel's character?

8. What reasons does Larry give for wanting to marry Sophie?

9. How does Isabel react to Sophie's disappearance?

10. In what way does Sophie embody the book's theme of good and evil?

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