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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Henry's friend, Edward Warren, offered to do for Henry?
(a) introduce him to some English nobility as possible patrons
(b) find him a house outside London where he could write
(c) make drawings of the houses in Henry's novels
(d) help him pay for the stenographer

2. What would Alice, Henry's sister, have done about the predicament with the Smiths?
(a) been sympathetic and understanding of his actions
(b) told him to dismiss them at once
(c) laughed uproariously and made him describe the Smiths
(d) sympathized with the Smiths and urged him not to fire them

3. To whom does Henry introduce Constance in Florence?
(a) his aunt Kate and his cousin, Henrietta
(b) Florence Lett and Lily Norton
(c) his friends, Mrs. and Mr. Miller
(d) Francis Boott and his daughter Lizzie

4. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?
(a) William Barker and Gus Temple
(b) Gus Barker and William Temple
(c) Bob Temple and Joseph Barker
(d) Jim and Harry Temple

5. What did Bob want to do?
(a) become an accountant
(b) open a dry goods store
(c) be a fisherman
(d) be a farmer

6. Who wrote a letter from Venice to Henry in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Mrs. Curtis, the owner of Palazzo Barbaro
(b) Mrs. Bellini the owner of Pension Giovanni
(c) Mrs. Scalia the owner of Hotel San Marco
(d) Mrs. D'Onofrio the owner of Hotel Venezia

7. What was the garden at Lamb House like?
(a) neglected but with a great deal of promise
(b) well-tended but too large for Henry's needs
(c) small with beautiful plantings
(d) medium-sized but the plantings weren't to Henry's liking

8. How did Henry's good friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, die?
(a) She died of a fever in Venice.
(b) She died of a heart attack in Venice.
(c) She died of tuberculosis in Venice.
(d) She committed suicide in Venice.

9. Who did Henry meet in Paris in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Rosalind and Betty Emmet
(b) Rosina and Bay Emmet
(c) Lucinda and Mary Emmet
(d) Lucy and Marilyn Emmet

10. How long had the Smiths worked for Henry at Kensington?
(a) 5 years
(b) 9 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 10 years

11. Who was George Gammon?
(a) Henry's cook at Lamb House
(b) a local storekeeper whom Henry especially liked
(c) a local gardener who Henry hired
(d) Henry's butler at Lamb House

12. How old had Henry been when he first visited Rome?
(a) in his teens
(b) forty-one
(c) in his early thirties
(d) in his twenties

13. What fort was Wilky's regiment sent to attack?
(a) Fort Wagner
(b) Fort Sumner
(c) Fort Lee
(d) Fort Savannah

14. What was the name of the doctor who examined Henry?
(a) Dr. Williams
(b) Dr. Richardson
(c) Dr. Hamilton
(d) Dr. Harmon

15. What did Florence Lett's daughter look like and what was she wearing during her mother's visit to Lamb House?
(a) She was a dark-skinned brunette in a white dress.
(b) She was a red-head in a bright green dress.
(c) She was ordinary-looking with dark hair and a red dress
(d) She was beautiful, fair with blue eyes and a blue dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girls Henry meets in Paris are the daughters of whom?

2. What did Hendrick Andersen and Henry James have in common?

3. Who did Henry visit in Marseilles?

4. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?

5. What was the name of the little girl in the ghost story published in Colliers?

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