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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 seek to ask Bilham in Book 5?

2. What color is Jeanne wearing when Strether meets her?

3. What does Strether tell Madame de Vionnet in Book 6?

4. Why does Strether feel he has been sent to Paris?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what part of the city is Miss Gostrey's apartment?

2. What is the French term for breakfast and what does Waymarsh think about it?

3. What does Madame de Vionnet say to Strether when she first meets him?

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

5. Where does Strether first encounter Chad Newsome?

6. How does Strether meet Miss Gostrey?

7. To what does Miss Barrace compare Waymarsh when she first meets him?

8. Where does Bilham say that Chad is when Strether first comes looking for him?

9. How does Strether learn Miss Gostrey's name?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Strether frequently speaks of living life to the fullest. Write an essay in which you describe what this means to Strether, how he has learned this lesson, and why it is important to him.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you argue which character (from among Lambert Strether, Jim Pocock, Mamie Pocock, and Sarah Pocock) is the most effective in his or her capacity as an ambassador. Explain what makes him or her the best ambassador. Use details from the text to justify your answer.

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