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The Ambassadors

Henry James

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1. What is Strether's relationship to Mrs. Newsome?

(A) He is her husband and brother.

(B) She is his mother and owns his newspaper.

(D) She is his fiancée and funds his magazine.

2. From what town do Strether and Chad come from?

(A) Woollett, Massachusetts

(B) Woolly, Mammoth

(D) Williamsburg, Virginia

3. When he was younger, Strether was married and had how many children?

(A) Six

(B) One

(D) None

4. Throughout the novel, where does Strether go when he needs advice?

(A) To speak to Waymarsh

(B) To chat with Mrs. Newsome

(D) To yell at little Bilham

5. Where does Strether meet Waymarsh at the opening of the novel?

(A) London, England

(B) Weymouth, Massachusetts

(D) Chester, England

6. What is the name of the street on which Chad Newsome has an apartment?

(A) Boulevard Bonsherbes

(B) Boulevard Malatov

(D) Main Street

7. What does Miss Gostrey say of little Bilham when Strether first introduces her to him?

(A) “He's not all right—he's too little!”

(B) “I really like him—he's just like us!”

(D) “Oh he's all right—he's one of us!”

8. What does Strether intend to do in Europe?

(A) Bring Chad home to enroll him in the army

(B) Bring Chad home to his father and the family business

(D) Grow as a person in deep and meaningful ways

9. What physical attribute strikes Strether as impressive about Chad when he first meets him?

(A) His new double chin

(B) His new gray hairs

(D) His new buff arms

10. How do people in Strether's hometown describe Paris?

(A) Cruddy

(B) Cold

(D) Cursed

11. What is Gloriani's profession?

(A) Being famous

(B) Painter

(D) Sculptor

12. Why does Madame de Vionnet live apart from her husband?

(A) Because he is dead

(B) Because he eats fruit

(D) Because he is not cute

13. Where does Strether first see little Bilham?

(A) At Miss Gostrey's apartment

(B) In Madame de Vionnet's garden

(D) Floating in the Seine

14. Miss Gostrey knew Madame de Vionnet in school when the madame was how old?

(A) 33

(B) 15

(D) 6

15. For whom is Mamie Pocock waiting when Strether finds her on the balcony?

(A) Chad

(B) Miss Gostrey

(D) Little Bilham

16. With whom is Chad in a relationship?

(A) Marie de Vionnet

(B) Jeanne de Vionnet

(D) Mamie Pocock

17. Whom does Mrs. Newsome send to replace Strether as ambassador?

(A) Sarah Pocock

(B) Sandy Newsome

(D) Miss Barrace

18. In what church does Strether run into Madame de Vionnet?

(A) Notre Dame de Paris

(B) Basilica of the Sacré Cœur

(D) None—they met at a bar

19. Where do Sarah and Strether have their ultimate confrontation?

(A) Notre Dame de Paris

(B) Basilica of the Sacré Cœur

(D) The Louvre

20. Who gets blamed for Chad's failure to return to the United States?

(A) Chad

(B) Sarah Pocock

(D) Strether

21. Where do Sarah, Jim, and Mamie Pocock go, along with Waymarsh, at the end of the novel?

(A) The States

(B) The Soviet Union

(D) Switzerland

22. How does Strether travel out of town during his last week in Paris?

(A) By bus

(B) By foot

(D) By train

23. What relation does Chad have with the lady Strether sees him riding a boat with in a Parisian suburb?

(A) She is his mentor.

(B) She is his lover.

(D) She is his mother.

24. With whom does Chad go away after he is spotted in the boat?

(A) No one

(B) Madame de Vionnet

(D) Strether

25. What does Chad decide to do at the end of the novel?

(A) To go back to run the family business

(B) Nothing, he will stay in Paris

(D) To go to Strether's hotel for a pizza party

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