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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. To what does Strether liken himself in Book 12?
(a) A figure in an old clock at Bern.
(b) A tightrope walker.
(c) A carnival dancer.
(d) A bus driver.

2. What does Strether notice is as he walks up to Chad's apartment Book 12?
(a) He is feeling vigorous.
(b) His leg is hurt.
(c) He is out of breath.
(d) He feels dizzy.

3. What does Madame de Vionnet claim to detest?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Paris.
(c) Money.
(d) Herself.

4. Where does Chad tell Strether that he has recently been in Book 12?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) Greece.

5. What does Jim tell Strether in Chapter 8?
(a) That Sarah Pocock is prostrate.
(b) That Jim wants to meet a pretty woman in Paris.
(c) That Jim misses him back in Woollett.
(d) That Jim wishes he spoke French.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Madame de Vionnet ask Chad to visit her?

2. What does Strether suggest that Chad wants in Book 12?

3. To what does Strether compare Mamie in Book 9?

4. What does Strether ask Waymarsh in Book 9?

5. What does Waymarsh aver that he knows nothing about in Book 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Madame de Vionnet announce is getting married in Book 9?

5. Whom does Strether encounter at the Cheval Blanc?

6. How does Strether travel outside of Paris in Book 11?

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

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

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

10. What present from Chad does Strether notice in Mamie Pocock's apartment?

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