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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Books 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chad ask Strether in Book 5?
(a) Whether he is afraid of Madame de Vionnet.
(b) How much money his mother has.
(c) What his mother really thinks of Chad.
(d) What he wants for dinner.

2. On what street is Chad's building?
(a) The Boulevard Malesherbes.
(b) Avenue Victor Hugo.
(c) Rue de Rivoli.
(d) Boulevard de Clichy.

3. With whom does Miss Gostrey leave the theater in a taxi?
(a) With a stranger.
(b) Alone.
(c) With her husband.
(d) With Waymarsh.

4. What does Madame de Vionnet tell Strether that she has heard about him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The finest things.
(c) A great deal.
(d) A sordid history.

5. What does Miss Gostrey say about Cannes?
(a) It is the most beautiful part of France.
(b) It is a long journey.
(c) Decent men do not go there with decent women.
(d) It is overpriced.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miss Gostrey know Waymarsh?

2. What nationality does Strether jokingly wish that Chad's lover is?

3. Where is Chad when Strether goes to look for him?

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

5. What does Strether tell Madame de Vionnet in Book 6?

(see the answer key)

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