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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 Madame de Vionnet claim to detest?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Herself.
(c) Paris.
(d) Money.

2. How is Jim described?
(a) Gaunt and sickly.
(b) Small and fat.
(c) Large and imposing.
(d) Tall and dark.

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

4. What does Strether tells Bilham in Chapter 10?
(a) That he is finding it hard to bond with Chad.
(b) That he will leave him every penny he has.
(c) That he loves him like a son.
(d) That he plans to remain in Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strether tell Chad in Book 7?

2. What surprises Strether about the Pococks?

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

4. What does Jim think about his wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Book 11, when does Chad tell Strether he was ready to go back to America?

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

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

8. When Strether encounters Mamie Pocock, whom is she expecting?

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

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

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