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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: May 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the adjective one of the Wolseleys' guests used over and over again in discussing the characters in Henry's novels and in George Eliot's novels.
(a) boring
(b) sensitive
(c) intelligent
(d) blank

2. Who led Henry onto the stage after the play?
(a) Paul
(b) Gosse
(c) Alexander
(d) Peter

3. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?
(a) Charles Kingsley
(b) Ned Lowell
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(d) her older brother William

4. When Henry decides on residing in Lamb House in Rye how long a lease does the owner grant him?
(a) a thirty-one-year lease
(b) a twenty-year lease
(c) a ten-year lease
(d) a twenty-one-year lease

5. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?
(a) Bob and Wilky teased her and left her defenseless.
(b) She didn't like being with the family but wanted to be alone.
(c) She was asked by her parents to tell about her day.
(d) She had no appetite and was constantly urged to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?

2. What did Henry have to occupy his time with in the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?

4. Who was the stenographer Henry hired?

5. What does Henry buy for his house which he is advised not to buy?

(see the answer key)

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