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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: May 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did William want to be at first?
(a) a sculptor
(b) a banker
(c) a painter
(d) a poet

2. Where was Henry's play held?
(a) Price Albert's Theatre
(b) St. James Theatre
(c) Covent Gardens
(d) the Haymarket

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

4. What was Symonds's wife like?
(a) a fiery Italian beauty
(b) a narrow, cold, Calvinistic, dull woman
(c) a romantic, adoring wife
(d) a dutiful, domestic wife

5. What did Henry's father say that Minny took exception to?
(a) He was against abolition
(b) He didn't like animals.
(c) He said women were inferior in intellect and physical strength.
(d) He was critical of his sons and daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the famous mother of Maud Elliot?

2. What did Henry give a moving speech about at a party in Rome?

3. What had intrigued John Addington Symonds?

4. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?

5. What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Civil War Regiment?

(see the answer key)

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