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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hadn't he done for a long time because of his painful hand?
(a) kept up with the serialized novel he was writing
(b) eaten any steak or food he had to cut with a knife
(c) written any serious letters
(d) had a good night's sleep

2. What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Civil War Regiment?
(a) Henry's brother William had served in it.
(b) It was the first primarily black regiment of the American army
(c) It was the main theme of one of Henry's stories
(d) Henry had almost joined the regiment.

3. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?
(a) She invented an illness and treated him as if he were ill.
(b) She told him horror stories about soldiers injured in the war.
(c) She said she couldn't stand the strain of his joining.
(d) She tried to make him fearful about serving in the army.

4. Where do Henry and Hendrik go on one of the only sunny days during Hendrik's visit to Lamb House?
(a) They take a bicycle ride around the countryside near Rye.
(b) They visit the quaint old church in Rye.
(c) They bicycle to the sea , to the beach.
(d) They walk around the village of Rye , visiting the shops.

5. What does Henry buy for his house which he is advised not to buy?
(a) an ornate lamp
(b) a tapestry
(c) a brass bed
(d) an old desk

6. Who did Henry support and therefore wish not to get into an argument about during his visit in Marseilles?
(a) Victor Hugo and Balzac
(b) Racine and Baudelaire
(c) Moliere and Lamartine
(d) Zola and Dreyfuss

7. What did Wilky and Bob have in common?
(a) handsome and attractive to women
(b) charming and charismatic to everyone
(c) quiet and introverted
(d) noisy, not interested in education, became soldiers

8. Where in Rome did Henry attend a party?
(a) Palazzo Accoramboni, overlooking St. Peter's Square
(b) Palazzo Alfredo, overlooking the colosseum
(c) Palazzo Pitti, overlooking the rooftops of Rome
(d) Palazzo Giovanni, overlooking the Spanish Steps

9. What was Henry's dog's name?
(a) Bruno
(b) King
(c) George
(d) Maximilian

10. What is the only thing that depresses Henry about living at Lamb House?
(a) that it is a distance from London
(b) that he might be lonely there
(c) that his sister, Alice, hadn't seen it before she died
(d) that he will most likely die there

11. Who helps Henry pick out furnishings for his house in Rye?
(a) Gosse
(b) hit aunt Kate
(c) Sturges
(d) Lady Wolseley

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

13. Who was Burgess Noakes?
(a) boy-boy and valet to Henry at Lamb House
(b) an old American friend who came to visit
(c) the butler at Lamb House
(d) a magazine publisher friend of Henry's

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

15. What problem does Henry have with the Smiths which forces him to fire them?
(a) They both start drinking heavily
(b) They both are caught stealing
(c) They both start becoming rude and surly to guests.
(d) They are keep taking off and going back to London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Henry's good friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, die?

2. What was one of the photographs Henry looked at at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

4. Constance had a letter of introduction from whom which she gave Henry?

5. How did Henry's father lose his leg?

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