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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chad ask Strether?

2. What does Bilham tell Strether about Chad's attachment in Book 4?

3. Why does Strether feel he has been sent to Paris?

4. Where was Strether before Chester?

5. What does Chad ask Strether in Book 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Strether learn Miss Gostrey's name?

2. Where is Chad's apartment in Paris?

3. How does Strether recognize Miss Gostrey?

4. What does Strether ask Bilham in Book 5?

5. How much time elapses before Miss Gostrey arrives in Paris in Book 3?

6. Where do Strether and Miss Gostrey take a walk in Book 1?

7. What is the French term for breakfast and what does Waymarsh think about it?

8. What does Strether tell Miss Gostrey about Bilham when she first returns to Paris?

9. Where does Strether first encounter Chad Newsome?

10. What is Jeanne wearing when Strether first meets her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though the narration is third-person, the reader experiences much of the action through the point of view of Lambert Strether. Write an essay in which you argue whether this third-person narration is reliable or limited. Use evidence from the text to justify your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Strether frequently speaks of living life to the fullest. Write an essay in which you describe what this means to Strether, how he has learned this lesson, and why it is important to him.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze Strether's letters to Mrs. Newsome. What is the psychological reason for and/or effect of Strether's letters? Is there a pattern to his letter-writing? What character trait of Strether's does this behavior demonstrate?

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