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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface, Books 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Waymarsh think of Europe?
(a) He finds it bad for his health.
(b) He finds it overpriced.
(c) He finds it invigorating.
(d) He is tired of it.

2. What do Strether and Miss Gostrey do before the theater?
(a) They go to a museum.
(b) The have dinner.
(c) They have tea.
(d) They go shopping.

3. What does Miss Gostrey say about her occupation?
(a) It is lucrative.
(b) She hates it.
(c) It is her fate.
(d) It doesn't pay enough.

4. Who is Mamie Pocock?
(a) Chad's ex-wife.
(b) Strether's ex-wife.
(c) Sarah Newsome's sister-in-law.
(d) Chad's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Strether go walking in Paris?

2. What is Strether's first name?

3. What is the plot of the play in Book 2?

4. On which day does Strether go to the theater with Miss Gostrey?

5. How does Miss Gostrey know Waymarsh?

(see the answer key)

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