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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chad ask Strether in Book 6?
(a) What he thinks of Mrs. Newsome.
(b) When he wants to go to America.
(c) When he wants to go to Switzerland.
(d) What he thinks of Jeanne.

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

4. From whose novel does Miss Gostrey recognize Strether's name?
(a) Emily Brontë.
(b) Balzac.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Victor Hugo.

5. How often does Strether tell Chad that he writes to Mrs. Newsome?
(a) Seldom.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Perpentually.

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

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

8. What is Miss Gostrey's first name?
(a) Eustacia.
(b) Maria.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Clara.

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

10. What does Chad say that Strether and his family must have imagined during his time in Paris?
(a) Extravagance.
(b) Delights.
(c) Women.
(d) Horrors.

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

12. What does Strether say to Bilham concerning Jeanne in Book 6?
(a) That she is too good for Chad.
(b) That Jeanne is more attractive than her mother.
(c) That Jeanne should come to America.
(d) That if Chad gives her up, he should be ashamed of himself.

13. Where is Gloriani's party?
(a) In his hotel room.
(b) In his garden.
(c) On the roof of his apartment building.
(d) In his hotel lobby.

14. What deal does Strether make with Chad in Book 5?
(a) If Strether marries Madame de Vionnet, Chad will marry Jeanne.
(b) If Strether surrenders himself to Madame de Vionnet, Chad will surrender himself to Strether.
(c) Strether will keep Madame de Vionnet a secret from Mrs. Newsome in exchange for money.
(d) Chad will not tell his mother about Miss Gostrey if Strether pays him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After how much time does Chad leave Strether and Madame de Vionnet in the drawing room in Book 6?

3. Who is Mamie Pocock?

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

5. How does Miss Gostrey know Madame de Vionnet?

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