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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: May 1896.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?
(a) He was indifferent.
(b) His loyalty would lie in making peace between them.
(c) His loyalty would lie with Great Britain.
(d) His loyalty would lie with the United States.

2. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?
(a) She rallied and tried to be the mother of the house.
(b) She had a nervous breakdown.
(c) She stayed in her bedroom and mourned.
(d) She became deathly ill and was hospitalized.

3. What did the emerging story idea do for Henry?
(a) lifted him out of gloom and filled him with hope for his writing
(b) filled him with fear that he couldn't bring it off
(c) gave him the hope he might make a lot of money
(d) inspired him to turn it into a play

4. Where did Henry's story appear in print?
(a) the Irish Illustrated Magazine
(b) as a published book in London
(c) the New England Quarterly
(d) the English Illustrated Magazine

5. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?
(a) a boy and his younger sister
(b) three young sisters
(c) two young brothers
(d) two girls and their younger brother

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?

2. What had William Dean Howells told Sturges during their meeting in Paris?

3. What did Henry do after the play ended?

4. What did Hammond look like?

5. Where was Oscar Wilde's play held?

(see the answer key)

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