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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 a drink.
(b) If he strikes him as improved.
(c) For money.
(d) To give him a ride home.

2. Why does Miss Gostrey suspect that Waymarsh is uncomfortable during their walk?
(a) He is stammering.
(b) He looks at his watch.
(c) He is sweating.
(d) He tells her so.

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

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

5. What do Waymarsh and Strether eat together in Book 2?
(a) Soup.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Baguettes.
(d) Pizza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chad say that Strether and his family must have imagined during his time in Paris?

2. Where does Miss Gostrey invite Strether in Book 3?

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

4. What nationality does Strether jokingly wish that Chad's lover is?

5. What does Bilham ask Strether in Book 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Strether first encounter Chad Newsome?

2. How does Strether recognize Miss Gostrey?

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

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

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

6. What is the French term for breakfast and what does Waymarsh think about it?

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

8. Where does Strether first see Bilham standing?

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

10. How does Strether meet Miss Gostrey?

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