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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: April 1898.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?
(a) obituaries and death notices
(b) newspaper articles
(c) tombstones
(d) wedding announcements

2. What did Gosse say Wilde's children looked like?
(a) angels
(b) hoodlums
(c) beggar children
(d) leprechauns

3. What did Henry like about Americans?
(a) their yearning openness and readiness for experience
(b) their tolerance of others
(c) their independence and love of freedom
(d) their Yankee practicality

4. What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Civil War Regiment?
(a) Henry had almost joined the regiment.
(b) It was the main theme of one of Henry's stories
(c) It was the first primarily black regiment of the American army
(d) Henry's brother William had served in it.

5. What had William Dean Howells told Sturges during their meeting in Paris?
(a) that he was ashamed to be a homosexual
(b) that he didn't like Paris as well as London
(c) that Sturges should live and be glad of it while he was young
(d) that he was ready finally to have a romantic fling

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?

2. Which novel of Henry's mentioned at the end of Chapter 5 was a tribute to Minny?

3. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?

4. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?

5. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?

(see the answer key)

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