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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. What is the name of Ganesha's compound?
(a) Peace
(b) Ashrama
(c) Lama
(d) Absolution

2. What does Elliott miss while he is bedridden?
(a) Opium
(b) Parties
(c) Eating out
(d) His family

3. For what does Maugham say she sacrificed Larry?
(a) Children
(b) Two point four children
(c) A diamond ring and a mink coat
(d) Security

4. Why is Toulouse good for Sophie?
(a) There are lots of bars.
(b) It is more relaxed.
(c) There is easy access to opium.
(d) The air is fresh.

5. What does Isabel say she sacrificed?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her life
(c) Maugham
(d) Larry

Short Answer Questions

1. In her note, what does Isabel say has happened?

2. What city in Spain does Larry visit?

3. For what does Maugham apologize to the reader?

4. How many years have Gray and Isabel spent in Paris?

5. How many weeks later does Maugham meet Elliott in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Suzanne become a successful artist?

2. Describe the cafe in which Maugham and Larry drink?

3. Explain what Larry sees and feels when he experiences the Absolute?

4. Why does Larry say he has had trouble believing in Christianity?

5. What does the Indian say is significant about the sculptures in the cave?

6. Why does Isabel leave the vodka to tempt Sophie?

7. In what way does Sophie embody the book's theme of good and evil?

8. In what ways does the story end happily?

9. What is the story of Sophie's disappearance?

10. Why is Elliott so upset at not being invited to Edna's party?

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