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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 Miss Gostrey about Chad in Book 7?

2. Who is Jim's wife?

3. Where does Strether speak with Mamie in Book 9?

4. Where does Sarah Pocock buy clothes?

5. What does Miss Gostrey call Waymarsh in Book 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Strether thank Madame de Vionnet?

2. Whom does Strether ask to marry Mamie Pocock in Book 10?

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

4. Whom does Strether encounter at the Cheval Blanc?

5. What does Strether do with the telegram he receives from Mrs. Newsome in Book 7?

6. What does Chad tell Strether concerning Mamie Pocock in Book 11?

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

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

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

10. Who has departed for Switzerland in Book 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Strether and Maria Gostrey have a very close relationship that they develop in the course of the novel. Evaluate whether their relationship is more platonic or romantic. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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