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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Miss Gostrey and Strether go for a walk?
(a) Around the capital building.
(b) On the boardwalk.
(c) In the theater district.
(d) Around the city walls.

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

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

4. What nationality does Strether jokingly wish that Chad's lover is?
(a) Polish.
(b) Greek.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Italian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Sarah Newsome married?

2. What does Waymarsh think of Europe?

3. What is Miss Gostrey's first name?

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

5. How does Strether describe Chad's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Miss Barrace compare Waymarsh when she first meets him?

2. Whom does Strether encounter at Chad's apartment during his first visit there?

3. What analogy does Waymarsh use to refer to Strether's errand in Book 3?

4. Where is the garden party to which Chad invites Strether in Book 5?

5. What does Chad reply when Strether asks him if he is engaged to Jeanne de Vionnet?

6. How much time elapses before Miss Gostrey arrives in Paris in Book 3?

7. To whom does Chad introduce Strether at the party in Book 5?

8. How does Strether meet Miss Gostrey?

9. How do Madame de Vionnet and Miss Gostrey know one another?

10. What is Jeanne wearing when Strether first meets her?

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