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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 Strether tell Chad in Book 7?
(a) That he loves Miss Gostrey.
(b) That he is ready to be done with Paris.
(c) That he needs more time.
(d) That he is gravely ill.

2. Where does Strether go in the beginning of Book 7?
(a) Saint-Goustin.
(b) Notre Dame cathedral.
(c) Champs Élysées.
(d) La Palace.

3. What does Strether suspect Waymarsh of doing?
(a) Communicating with Mrs. Newsome.
(b) Corresponding with Madame de Vionnet.
(c) Eating too much.
(d) Having an affair with Miss Gostrey.

4. With whom does Madame de Vionnet wish for her daughter to spend time in Book 9?
(a) Strether.
(b) Mamie.
(c) Miss Barrace.
(d) Chad.

5. From which city in New York do the Pocock's sail?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Gostrey ask Strether in Book 7?

2. What does Strether think of Mamie in Book 9?

3. How does the author refer to Waymarsh in Book 7?

4. What does Madame de Vionnet say about Strether's time in Paris in Book 8?

5. Where is Strether accustomed to taking his meals?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who takes Sarah out to dinner in Book 9?

4. What does Strether do with the telegram he receives from Mrs. Newsome in Book 7?

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

6. What does Chad tell Strether he is ready to do in Book 7?

7. Whom does Strether encounter at the Cheval Blanc?

8. With whom does Strether discuss meeting in Book 11?

9. Whom does Strether encounter first at the beginning of Book 7?

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

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