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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 Strether speak with Mamie in Book 9?
(a) In Miss Gostrey's apartment.
(b) In a café.
(c) In Bilham's apartment.
(d) In Sarah Pocock's apartment.

2. What does Bilham tell Chad in Chapter 10?
(a) That Chad and Sarah have been arguing.
(b) That he finds Sarah obnoxious.
(c) That Sarah thinks that her family's claims on Chad are justified.
(d) That Sarah is charming.

3. What does Madame de Voinnet ask Strether in front of the Pococks in Book 9?
(a) Whether he would spend more time with her.
(b) Why he hates her.
(c) Whether he loves her.
(d) What he thinks of her match with Chad.

4. Whom does Strether think that Chad should be with?
(a) Mamie Pocock.
(b) Maria Gostrey.
(c) Madame de Vionnet.
(d) Miss Barrace.

5. What is Sarah Pocock's nickname?
(a) Sally.
(b) Her Grace.
(c) Queen Bee.
(d) Baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Madame de Vionnet wish for her daughter to spend time in Book 9?

2. To what does Strether compare Mamie in Book 9?

3. Who tells Strether about the Pocock's trip to Switzerland?

4. What does Maria Gostrey say to Strether concerning his last visit to Madame de Vionnet?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom does Strether ask to marry Mamie Pocock in Book 10?

3. What does Chad admit about Sarah's visit to Strether in Book 11?

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

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

6. Who helped to arrange the new marriage announced in Book 9?

7. What artist's painting does the scenery outside Paris remind Strether of?

8. Why does Strether thank Madame de Vionnet?

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

10. What is the couple whom Strether finds at the Cheval Blanc doing when he first sees them?

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