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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the brother of the Baroness von Rabe?
(a) the poet William Jones
(b) the novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne
(c) the writer Lewis Crawford
(d) the novelist Marion Crawford

3. What did Henry and William have in common?
(a) didn't join the army and studied at Harvard
(b) were interested in fame, fortune and women
(c) were Minny Temple's admirers
(d) were their father's favorite sons

4. What story was one of the delights of Henry's childhood?
(a) the story of Alice in Wonderland
(b) the story of Rip Van Winkle
(c) the story of his father's wooden leg
(d) the his mother's childhood

5. How old was Henry and how old was Constance when they met?
(a) Henry was 39, Constance 41
(b) Henry was 40, Constance 38
(c) Henry was 37, Constance 40
(d) Henry was 38, Constance 42

Short Answer Questions

1. What would his friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, have done about the Smiths?

2. What did Henry's father live on?

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

4. What is the only thing that depresses Henry about living at Lamb House?

5. Who did Henry meet in Paris in the beginning of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Burgess Noakes and what is he like?

2. What is the importance of the book THE SCARLET LETTER by Hawthorne in Henry's life?

3. Which of Henry's brothers gives a speech; where is it given and about what?

4. To whom does Henry introduce Constance and where; what is the result?

5. Who visits Henry again and again as Henry prepares to leave London and what does he ask Henry to recount to him?

6. Where does Constance go after Florence and what is also upsetting to Constance besides her depression?

7. Who does Henry hire at the beginning of Chapter 6 and why?

8. Who suggested to Henry's father, after his attack, that he should read a certain philosopher's writings; who was the philosopher and what effect did it have on Henry's father?

9. What do Henry and his friend, Perry, do during the first summer of the Civil War and what is the effect on them?

10. With whom does Henry tour Paris and what are they like?

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