View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Gostrey say is Strether's failure?
(a) The failure to save money.
(b) The failure to watch his weight.
(c) The failure to speak French.
(d) The failure to enjoy.

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

3. What sorts of things does Madame de Vionnet have in her apartment?
(a) Miniatures, medallions, pictures and books.
(b) Many marble sculptures.
(c) Fine oil paintings.
(d) Birds and rabbits.

4. On which day does Strether go to the theater with Miss Gostrey?
(a) The seventh.
(b) The ninth.
(c) The third.
(d) The first.

5. Who is Gloriani?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A sculptor.
(d) A singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strether tell Madame de Vionnet in Book 6?

2. What does Chad say concerning Madame de Vionnet?

3. Where does Strether first go for refreshments in Paris?

4. What is Miss Gostrey's occupation?

5. How often does Strether tell Chad that he writes to Mrs. Newsome?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what part of the city is Miss Gostrey's apartment?

3. What does Madame de Vionnet say to Strether when she first meets him?

4. How does Strether recognize Miss Gostrey?

5. What physical change does Strether notice in Chad?

6. How does Miss Gostrey know Waymarsh?

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

8. Where does Bilham say that Chad is when Strether first comes looking for him?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 462 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample