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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. To what does Strether liken himself in Book 12?
(a) A tightrope walker.
(b) A carnival dancer.
(c) A bus driver.
(d) A figure in an old clock at Bern.

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

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

4. Whom is Jeanne de Vionnet to marry?
(a) Chad Newsome.
(b) Waymarsh.
(c) Monsieur de Montbron.
(d) Strether.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jim described?

2. What does Strether tells Bilham in Chapter 10?

3. Whom does Vionnet want Sarah to spend time with?

4. What did Chad tell Strether in Book 7?

5. What does Strether notice about Madame de Vionnet during their last meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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