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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 Isabel say she sacrificed?
(a) Maugham
(b) Her life
(c) Her mother
(d) Larry

2. Where have the police found Sophie's body?
(a) In the lake
(b) In the harbor
(c) In a factory
(d) In the bar toilets

3. Who does Maugham meet at the play?
(a) Sophie
(b) Gray
(c) Larry
(d) Isabel

4. Where does Larry stay during the spring?
(a) A French village
(b) Lens
(c) Marseille
(d) An Indian village

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business does Gray want to start?

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

3. How does Sophie get to Toulouse?

4. What is Suzanne's surname?

5. To what city is Larry taking a ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Isabel leave the vodka to tempt Sophie?

2. What does Elliott say in answer to Edna's invitation?

3. How does Sophie give in to temptation?

4. How does Maugham obtain an invitation?

5. In what ways does the story end happily?

6. In what way does Maugham criticize the church?

7. How does the reader know that Isabel is still in love with Larry?

8. What is the story of Sophie's disappearance?

9. Why does Larry say he has had trouble believing in Christianity?

10. Describe the cafe in which Maugham and Larry drink?

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