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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: March 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.
(a) She was pretty but shallow.
(b) She was healthy and very athletic.
(c) She was in ill health but stoic.
(d) She was a robust, happy girl.

2. What is the name of the producer and lead actor of Henry's play?
(a) Alexander
(b) Trevor
(c) William
(d) Oscar

3. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?
(a) She became garrulous, shrill and uneasy.
(b) She made a point of ignoring the young man.
(c) She became extremely flirtatious.
(d) She left the room immediately.

4. What advantage did Emerson say Henry James, Sr. had over him?
(a) an understanding wife
(b) a large family
(c) a more thorough knowledge of the Bible
(d) first-hand knowledge of suffering and being alone to study

5. What did Henry think of Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?
(a) He thought it was boring.
(b) He thought it was too intellectual.
(c) He thought it was feeble and vulgar.
(d) He thought it was clever and amusing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gus Barker?

2. Who are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?

3. How did the audience like Henry's play?

4. What peculiar physical mannerism did Mrs. Florence Lett exhibit as she sat in Henry's drawing room?

5. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?

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