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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: October 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea for a story comes to Henry while riding to dinner at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) the story of an Irish princess falling in love with an Englishman
(b) the story of an ill girl who has hallucinations
(c) the story of an American family in England
(d) the story of the affection of an orphaned brother and sister

2. What did the doctors tell Henry's father he must do after he had that vision or attack?
(a) go on walks and have visitors
(b) write about his thoughts in a journal each day
(c) not read, write, think or make visits
(d) take the medicine which was prescribed daily

3. What was the adjective one of the Wolseleys' guests used over and over again in discussing the characters in Henry's novels and in George Eliot's novels.
(a) blank
(b) intelligent
(c) boring
(d) sensitive

4. What was the name of the medium William and Alice went to see?
(a) Mrs. Wilkens
(b) Mrs. Freeman
(c) Mrs. Fredericks
(d) Mrs. Williamson

5. What did Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial?
(a) denounced him in an article in the London Times
(b) moved to Switzerland with her children and changed her name
(c) committed suicide
(d) came to London to stand by him

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?

2. What does Henry like about the American girls' reaction to Paris?

3. Where and when had Henry met Constance?

4. How old was Henry and how old was Constance when they met?

5. What did Alice do all the time during her visit to Lamb House which stood out to Henry?

(see the answer key)

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