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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 does Waymarsh take Sarah to dine in Book 9?
(a) The Olive Garden.
(b) The Champs Élysées.
(c) Bistro du Midi.
(d) Bignons.

2. Where does Sarah Pocock buy clothes?
(a) Rue de Montaigne.
(b) Rue de Belleschase.
(c) Rue de Bonheur.
(d) Boulevard Aquitane.

3. What does Madame de Vionnet tell Strether in Book 9?
(a) That she finds him irresistibly attractive.
(b) That no man could be kinder than he is to her.
(c) That she thinks he should return to America.
(d) That he is one of the most intelligent men she knows.

4. What does Strether remark of Mamie Pocock's voice in Book 9?
(a) It is like that of a girl of 15.
(b) It is soporific.
(c) It is melodious.
(d) It is shrill.

5. What does Miss Barrace say about Chad in Book 10?
(a) That Chad is unwelcome in Paris.
(b) That Chad will never return to America.
(c) That she loves Chad.
(d) That they will miss Chad if he returns to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Strether go in the beginning of Book 7?

2. What is the colloquial name used for a telegram in the novel?

3. What does Miss Gostrey call Waymarsh in Book 9?

4. What does Sarah tell Strether about Chad's development in Book 11?

5. What does Strether suggest to Bilham in Book 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chad ask Strether concerning his feelings from Chad's mother in Book 7?

2. Which new characters arrive in Paris in Book 8?

3. What opinion does Mamie Pocock give Strether about Madame de Vionnet in Book 9?

4. What does Miss Barrace tell Strether concerning Chad in Book 10?

5. Where does Strether visit in the beginning of Book 7?

6. Whom does Strether visit at the beginning of Book 9?

7. What present from Chad does Strether notice in Mamie Pocock's apartment?

8. Who does Madame de Vionnet announce is getting married in Book 9?

9. How does Strether travel outside of Paris in Book 11?

10. Where in Paris is the Pocock's hotel?

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