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

2. What was the name of the doctor who examined Henry?

3. What fort was Wilky's regiment sent to attack?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What morbid thought comes to Henry when he envisions his life in Lamb House in Rye?

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

3. Who does Henry bring along with him from London to continue in his hire?

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

5. How does Henry's mother keep Henry out of the Civil War and how does Henry respond to this?

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

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

8. What happens that develops a relationship between Henry and Mrs. Smith that's too intimate for a boss and his servant?

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

10. What transpires when Hendrick visits Henry at Lamb House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What incident with his father on the beach in Bologne does Henry remember? What is Henry's reaction to it?

2) Describe the argument Henry James Sr. and Minny Temple have. What do they argue about? What is Mrs. James's opinon of the Minny's part in the argument?

3) What unusual sleeping arrangements must be faced by Holmes and Henry? How do they react to the situation?

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

Essay Topic 2

1) In the beginning of the book Henry has a dream. Describe the dream. Where does it take place? Which of Henry's relatives are in it? What is Henry's reaction to it?

2) What does Henry like about having a play of his produced? What is his relationship to the actors taking parts in his play? What hopes does he have for it and for being a playwright rather than a novelist?

3) Compare Henry's play to Oscar Wilde's play. How do the audiences of the different plays react?

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

Essay Topic 3

1) Who is Lily Norton? Describe her.

2) Why doesn't Henry think Lily will ever marry?

3) Describe Mrs. Smith's sister who recovered from cancer. Who is she married to?

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

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