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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Strether report as having lied like a genteman?
(a) Bilham.
(b) Waymarsh.
(c) Jim.
(d) Chad.

2. What does Strether think of Mamie in Book 9?
(a) She is intelligent.
(b) She is poor.
(c) She is charming.
(d) She is dense.

3. What does Strether tell Miss Gostrey about Bilham in Book 3?
(a) He suspects he is a criminal.
(b) He finds him immature.
(c) He is very wealthy.
(d) He has made a friend of him.

4. Why does Strether feel as though he will never see Madame de Vionnet again in Book 8?
(a) She yells at him to return to America.
(b) He noticed her crying.
(c) He suspects that Chad has cast her off.
(d) She is not at her apartment when he visits.

5. What is the colloquial name used for a telegram in the novel?
(a) Shout-out.
(b) Billet-doux.
(c) Petit Blue.
(d) Tweet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strether say to Bilham concerning Jeanne in Book 6?

2. Where does Miss Gostrey meet Bilham?

3. Who joins Strether at the end of Book 3?

4. How long before Strether went to look for Chad did Chad leave?

5. What does Madame de Vionnet ask Strether in Book 5?

(see the answer key)

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