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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Books 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Waymarsh's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Waiter.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Banker.

2. Whom does Strether expect to meet at his hotel in Chapter 1?
(a) Abel Newsome.
(b) Waymarsh.
(c) Chad Newsome.
(d) Sarah Pocock.

3. Who is Jim's wife?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Maud.
(c) Mary.
(d) Mamie.

4. What does Jim tell Strether in Chapter 8?
(a) That Jim misses him back in Woollett.
(b) That Sarah Pocock is prostrate.
(c) That Jim wishes he spoke French.
(d) That Jim wants to meet a pretty woman in Paris.

5. To what does Strether compare Mamie in Book 9?
(a) A song.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strether ask Chad in Book 5?

2. What does Madame de Vionnet tell Strether in Book 9?

3. How does Strether describe Chad's apartment?

4. How does Miss Gostrey know Madame de Vionnet?

5. From whose novel does Miss Gostrey recognize Strether's name?

(see the answer key)

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