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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. Where does Strether go in the beginning of Book 7?

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

3. What is Waymarsh wearing for the first time in Chapter 10?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which new characters arrive in Paris in Book 8?

3. Why does Strether thank Madame de Vionnet?

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

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

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

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

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

9. For how long has Miss Gostrey been absent in Book 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze the structure of the novel. Specifically, determine whether you think the novel's narrative arc exhibits structural unity.

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