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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. To whom is Sarah Newsome married?

2. How does Strether refer to Chad in Book 5?

3. Where does Madame de Vionnet live?

4. How does Miss Gostrey know Madame de Vionnet?

5. Where do Miss Gostrey and Strether go for a walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Strether encounter at Chad's apartment during his first visit there?

2. What analogy does Waymarsh use to refer to Strether's errand in Book 3?

3. How does Strether recognize Miss Gostrey?

4. How does Strether meet Miss Gostrey?

5. What does Bilham tell Strether about Madame de Vionnet's husband?

6. To whom does Chad introduce Strether at the party in Book 5?

7. How did Strether's son die?

8. Which characters have breakfast together at Chad's apartment in Book 3?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss Strether's decision to return to America. In your essay, you should consider the reasons why you think he chooses to return as well as whether you agree with his decision.

Essay Topic 2

Strether is an editor of a literary review sponsored and published by his fiancée, Mrs. Newsome. Literature is a recurring motif in the novel. Write an essay in which you analyze passages in which particular works of literature or literature in general is discussed in the novel, and what the author might use these scenes to suggest about literature itself.

Essay Topic 3

James' novel is a complex psychological portrait of Lambert Strether. Write an essay in which you analyze Strether's emotions. Also track how his emotions change or develop in the course of the novel. Use evidence from the text to support your analysis.

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