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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Miss Gostrey know Madame de Vionnet?
(a) Miss Gostrey is Madame de Vionnet's sister-in-law.
(b) They used to be best friends.
(c) They worked at a café together.
(d) They attended school together.

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

3. What does Bilham tell Strether about Chad's relationship with Madame de Vionnet in Book 6?
(a) It cannot be vulgar.
(b) It is a match made in heaven.
(c) It must be kept secret from Mrs. Newsome.
(d) It is hopeless.

4. What does Chad ask Strether?
(a) To give him a ride home.
(b) For a drink.
(c) For money.
(d) If he strikes him as improved.

5. Who is Gloriani?
(a) A sculptor.
(b) A singer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

6. What is Miss Gostrey's occupation?
(a) A guide to Europe.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A waitress.
(d) A teacher.

7. Where does Strether go on his second day?
(a) The Rue Scribe.
(b) The Boulevard Malesherbes.
(c) The Rue de Martyrs.
(d) The Rue Montaigne.

8. Where does Miss Barrace say that she lived as a little girl?
(a) Rue Marbeuf.
(b) Rue Montaigne.
(c) Rue de Seine.
(d) Rue de Rivoli.

9. What does Strether tell Chad he has come to do?
(a) Ask Chad to stop the wasting away his youth.
(b) Ask Chad to introduce him to women.
(c) Make him break with everything.
(d) Entice him to go to Greece.

10. Who sits in between Strether and Waymarsh in Book 3?
(a) Madame de Vionnet.
(b) Miss Gostrey.
(c) Mamie Pocock.
(d) Sarah Newsome.

11. Where does Strether first go for refreshments in Paris?
(a) Le Procope.
(b) Le Select.
(c) Les Deux Magots.
(d) Cafe Riche.

12. What does Chad tell Strether about Paris in Book 5?
(a) Strether should marry a French woman.
(b) It is good for Strether.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) Strether will learn French quickly if he stays.

13. What does Strether ask Chad in Book 5?
(a) Whether he loves Mamie Pocock.
(b) If he needs money.
(c) Whether he loves Jeanne.
(d) Whether he is engaged to Jeanne.

14. Where is Chad when Strether goes to look for him?
(a) Rome.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Cannes.
(d) Bordeaux.

15. What does Strether seek to ask Bilham in Book 5?
(a) Whether he is passing in Parisian society.
(b) Whether he finds Madame de Vionnet attractive.
(c) Whether he finds Jeanne attractive.
(d) Whether he wants to return to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Strether expect to meet at his hotel in Chapter 1?

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

3. Why does Chad suspect that Strether wants to bring him home?

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

5. What does Bilham tell Chad in Book 3?

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