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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. Of what does Strether try to convince Chad in Book 12?
(a) To become a male model.
(b) Not to return to America.
(c) To marry Maime Pocock.
(d) To start a restaurant.

2. What does Jim think about his wife?
(a) He is way behind her.
(b) She is a nag.
(c) She is getting fat.
(d) She is ugly.

3. On what day does Madame de Vionnet ask Strether to call?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

4. Into what port do the Pococks sail?
(a) Beauvais.
(b) Havre.
(c) Honfleur.
(d) Calais.

5. What does Strether ask Chad in Book 12?
(a) If he thinks his sister is mean.
(b) If he finds Maria Gostrey attractive.
(c) If he has a favorite restaurant in Paris.
(d) If he will give his friend up for the money in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jim described?

2. What did Chad tell Strether in Book 7?

3. Why do Strether and Sarah not make eye contact during dinner at Chad's apartment in Chapter 10?

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

5. What does Strether do with the telegraph from Mrs. Newsome in Book 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Strether encounter at the Cheval Blanc?

2. Where is Strether's last visit in Paris?

3. For how long has Miss Gostrey been absent in Book 7?

4. Why does Strether thank Madame de Vionnet?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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