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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 Sarah tell Strether about Chad's development in Book 11?
(a) It is hideous.
(b) It is unfortunate.
(c) It is favorable.
(d) It is inspiring.

2. What food do Strether and Miss Gostrey eat together in Chapter 12?
(a) Cheese and Crackers.
(b) Baguettes.
(c) Cookies and Milk.
(d) Melon.

3. To whom does Strether write before going back to America?
(a) Waymarsh.
(b) Abel Newsome.
(c) Madame de Vionnet.
(d) Sarah Newsome.

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

5. What does Mrs. Newsome write to Strether in Book 7?
(a) That she no longer loves him.
(b) That he needs to return to Woollett immediately.
(c) That she hopes he never comes home.
(d) That she is joining him in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Strether describe Mamie's dress?

2. Where does Waymarsh take Sarah to dine in Book 9?

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

4. What does Jim think about his wife?

5. What nickname is used for Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Chad tell Strether concerning Mamie Pocock in Book 11?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Whom does Strether encounter at the Cheval Blanc?

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