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

2. How does Miss Gostrey know Waymarsh?
(a) Through mutual friends.
(b) He has used her professional services.
(c) She has used his professional services.
(d) She has walked his dogs.

3. Who is the lady whom Bilham invites to breakfast?
(a) Mrs. Newsome.
(b) Sarah Newsome.
(c) Mamie Pocock.
(d) Miss Barrace.

4. Where is Strether from?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Woollett.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Milrose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is Waymarsh arriving?

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

3. What does Strether say he has heard about Madame de Vionnet in Book 5?

4. Where do Miss Gostrey and Strether go for a walk?

5. What is Strether's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old does Miss Gostrey suppose that Jeanne de Vionnet is in Book 4?

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

3. Which characters have breakfast together at Chad's apartment in Book 3?

4. Before meeting Jeanne and Madame de Vionnet, what nationality does Strether suppose they are?

5. What does Strether tell Miss Gostrey about Bilham when she first returns to Paris?

6. How does Strether learn Miss Gostrey's name?

7. Why does Chad's mother want him to return to America?

8. How does Miss Gostrey know Waymarsh?

9. How does Strether recognize Miss Gostrey?

10. Where do Strether and Miss Gostrey take a walk in Book 1?

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