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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname is used for Sarah?
(a) Sarita.
(b) Sar-Sar.
(c) Suzy.
(d) Sally.

2. What does Strether notice about Madame de Vionnet during their last meeting?
(a) She is more beautiful than ever.
(b) She hasn't showered recently.
(c) She is visibly older.
(d) She is speaking Spanish.

3. How does Strether claim to have known that something was about to happen in Book 10?
(a) Waymarsh's unusual behavior.
(b) The bad weather.
(c) Miss Gostrey's absence.
(d) Chad's tone.

4. Where does Sarah Pocock buy clothes?
(a) Rue de Belleschase.
(b) Rue de Bonheur.
(c) Boulevard Aquitane.
(d) Rue de Montaigne.

5. Whom does Strether think that Chad should be with?
(a) Miss Barrace.
(b) Maria Gostrey.
(c) Mamie Pocock.
(d) Madame de Vionnet.

6. To what does Strether liken himself in Book 12?
(a) A tightrope walker.
(b) A carnival dancer.
(c) A figure in an old clock at Bern.
(d) A bus driver.

7. What does Strether think about Sarah at the advent of her arrival in Paris?
(a) That she will help him understand how he stands with Mrs. Newsome.
(b) That she will love Paris.
(c) That he hopes she doesn't find Paris too overwhelming.
(d) That he hopes she doesn't yell at him in public.

8. Who helped to arrange Jeanne de Vionnet's marriage?
(a) Mamie.
(b) Strether.
(c) Jim.
(d) Chad.

9. What does Madame de Vionnet tell Sarah in Book 8?
(a) That she is in love with Chad.
(b) That Chad is marrying her daughter.
(c) That Chad has become one of them in Paris.
(d) That she has been eager to meet Chad's fiancée.

10. To what does Strether compare Mamie in Book 9?
(a) A song.
(b) A child.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A bird.

11. What did Chad tell Strether in Book 7?
(a) That he wants to sell the family business.
(b) That he needs a vacation.
(c) That he was ready to return to America.
(d) That he will never return to America.

12. At what time does Madame de Vionnet ask Chad to visit her?
(a) At half past nine.
(b) At eight o'clock.
(c) At quarter to six.
(d) At half past twelve.

13. Who is Jim's wife?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mamie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maud.

14. What does Strether tell Miss Gostrey about Chad in Book 7?
(a) He is foolish.
(b) He is intimidating.
(c) He is incorrigible.
(d) He is obscure.

15. What does Strether ask Waymarsh in Book 9?
(a) Whether Sarah is coming to kill him.
(b) If he loves Sarah.
(c) Why Sarah married Jim.
(d) Whether Sarah wants to stay in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Strether describe Mamie's dress?

2. What does Madame de Vionnet say about Strether's time in Paris in Book 8?

3. What does Waymarsh aver that he knows nothing about in Book 10?

4. To whom does Strether write before going back to America?

5. With whom does Madame de Vionnet wish for her daughter to spend time in Book 9?

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