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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?

2. Who helps Henry pick out furnishings for his house in Rye?

3. Who was the stenographer Henry hired?

4. How old had Henry been when he first visited Rome?

5. What is the name of the parlor maid at Lamb House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry do when he is summoned to Venice after Constance's suicide?

2. What location in Rome do Hendrick and Henry visit together and what is the significance of the visit?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Where did the James family move and what brought about Henry's first breakthrough in his writing at the end of Chapter 7?

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

8. Who was Cabot Russell and what happened to him?

9. What was Henry's guest, Lily Norton, like and what did they have in common?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What is a recurring theme concerning Henry's attitude toward children?

2) How did Henry lose the decorum between himself and the Smiths?

3) Describe the garden at Lamb House. What is the name of the gardener?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) How does Henry change his opinion of the novel, THE SCARLET LETTER? How is this significant in Henry's life?

2) Describe the attack on Fort Wagner during the Civil War? What happens?

3) Who is James Barker and what happens to him in the Civil War?

4) Choose one of these three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Where does Henry's family originally come from in Ireland? How does Webster insult Henry about his family?

2) Describe the costume ball that Lady Wolseley puts on during Henry's visit? Who does Mrs. Webster dress as? Who does Mona dreaa as?

3) Who is Mona? What upsets Henry concerning her?

4) Choose one of the three topics and write on it.

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