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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. Why does Isabel plant the vodka?
(a) She wants to marry Larry.
(b) She would have made Larry miserable.
(c) She is interested in what Sophie would do.
(d) Sophie criticizes her

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

3. Where does Elliott say he should have never left?
(a) India
(b) America
(c) Paris
(d) Chicago

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

5. Who stages the best party of the season?
(a) Edna Novemali
(b) Count de Lauria
(c) The Prince of Wales
(d) Helena Karabcova

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Elliott's manservant?

2. Why is Toulouse good for Sophie?

3. Who comes instead of the local bishop?

4. How does Maugham celebrate the completion of the rough draft of his novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Maugham criticize the church?

2. What does Maugham imagine about Isabel and Gray's life in Texas?

3. Why is Elliott so upset at not being invited to Edna's party?

4. What is Isabel's terrible news?

5. In what ways does the story end happily?

6. Explain what Larry sees and feels when he experiences the Absolute?

7. What does Larry learn about evil in India?

8. How does Maugham obtain an invitation?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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