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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. On what does Strether have his name?
(a) A fishing magazine.
(b) A tour bus.
(c) A literary review.
(d) A golden watch.

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

3. Who interrupts Madame de Vionnet's conversation with Strether?
(a) Jeanne.
(b) Chad.
(c) Waymarsh.
(d) A Duchess.

4. What does Strether tell Chad he has come to do?
(a) Make him break with everything.
(b) Ask Chad to introduce him to women.
(c) Ask Chad to stop the wasting away his youth.
(d) Entice him to go to Greece.

5. Where is Waymarsh from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Milrose.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Jeanne wearing when Strether meets her?

2. To whom is Sarah Newsome married?

3. How does Bilham describes himself?

4. Who sits in between Strether and Waymarsh in Book 3?

5. What does Madame de Vionnet ask Strether in Book 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Bilham tell Strether about Madame de Vionnet's husband?

5. What physical change does Strether notice in Chad?

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

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

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

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

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

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