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

2. How many weeks later does Maugham meet Elliott in London?
(a) One week
(b) Three weeks
(c) Two weeks
(d) Four weeks

3. How does Sophie get to Toulouse?
(a) Hire car
(b) Hitchhiking
(c) By train
(d) Bus

4. What does Elliott leave to Maugham in his will?
(a) His money
(b) His Riveria house
(c) His Paris apartment
(d) His 18th-century pornographic book collection

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes Larry's voice?

2. Who does Maugham meet at the police station?

3. What does Maugham realize when he looks back at the book?

4. Who stages the best party of the season?

5. Where does Elliott say he should have never left?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does Maugham criticize the church?

3. How does Suzanne become a successful artist?

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

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

6. In what way has Elliot changed from the last time Maugham saw him?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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