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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 Strether tell Chad in Book 7?

2. How does Strether describe Maria Gostrey's dining room?

3. What is the ultimatum from Mrs. Newsome?

4. What does Strether remark of Mamie Pocock's voice in Book 9?

5. Whom does Madame de Vionnet charm, according to Miss Barrace, in Book 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Madame de Vionnet ask Strether concerning Mrs. Newsome?

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

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

5. Whom does Strether encounter at the Cheval Blanc?

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

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

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

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

10. What opinion does Mamie Pocock give Strether about Madame de Vionnet in Book 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The difference between America and Europe is a prominent theme throughout the novel. Write an essay in which you discuss how the writer characterizes each country. You may use as evidence either descriptive language used with respect to each environment or the effect that these places have on the novel's characters.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how the writer uses various characters and their relationships to identify change as a primary theme of the novel. Consider how the writer both identifies and strengthens this theme throughout the novel's progression.

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