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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: April 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Alice's arrival in England, what novel did Henry write that had a double portrait of her?
(a) Portrait of a Lady
(b) The Princess Casamassima
(c) The Bostonians
(d) Daisy Miller

2. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?
(a) that Henry isn't capable of taking care of himself
(b) that it will be a match since they're both homosexuals
(c) that Henry should be treated like royalty
(d) that Henry likes to be waited on hand and foot

3. When did Henry James Senior die?
(a) three years after his wife died
(b) four years after his wife died
(c) ten years after his wife died
(d) within a year after his wife died

4. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?
(a) He loved the distraction of the many balls.
(b) He felt at home and wished he too were nobility.
(c) He was impressed by the pomp and grandeur of it.
(d) He found it a weariness to flesh and spirit alike.

5. What did Henry base the story he wrote at the end of Chapter 4 on?
(a) Oscar Wilde's trial
(b) a couple like the Symondses and their beloved son
(c) Oscar Wilde's wife and children
(d) his friends, Sturges and Gosse

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hammond?

2. What was Symonds's wife like?

3. What did Henry think of Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?

4. What did Henry do after the play ended?

5. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?

(see the answer key)

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