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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Henry's friend, Edward Warren, offered to do for Henry?
(a) help him pay for the stenographer
(b) find him a house outside London where he could write
(c) introduce him to some English nobility as possible patrons
(d) make drawings of the houses in Henry's novels

2. Where in Rome did Henry attend a party?
(a) Palazzo Alfredo, overlooking the colosseum
(b) Palazzo Giovanni, overlooking the Spanish Steps
(c) Palazzo Pitti, overlooking the rooftops of Rome
(d) Palazzo Accoramboni, overlooking St. Peter's Square

3. How old had Henry been when he first visited Rome?
(a) in his teens
(b) in his early thirties
(c) in his twenties
(d) forty-one

4. What was Henry's dog's name?
(a) George
(b) King
(c) Bruno
(d) Maximilian

5. How were the downstairs rooms at Lamb house like?
(a) large and airy
(b) elegant with large windows
(c) medium-sized and dark
(d) small and cozy

6. What advantage did Emerson say Henry James, Sr. had over him?
(a) a large family
(b) first-hand knowledge of suffering and being alone to study
(c) an understanding wife
(d) a more thorough knowledge of the Bible

7. What would Alice, Henry's sister, have done about the predicament with the Smiths?
(a) told him to dismiss them at once
(b) sympathized with the Smiths and urged him not to fire them
(c) laughed uproariously and made him describe the Smiths
(d) been sympathetic and understanding of his actions

8. 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) not read, write, think or make visits
(c) write about his thoughts in a journal each day
(d) take the medicine which was prescribed daily

9. What did Florence Lett's daughter look like and what was she wearing during her mother's visit to Lamb House?
(a) She was beautiful, fair with blue eyes and a blue dress.
(b) She was ordinary-looking with dark hair and a red dress
(c) She was a dark-skinned brunette in a white dress.
(d) She was a red-head in a bright green dress.

10. What favor had Mrs. Smith asked of Henry when in his employ in London?
(a) that Henry substantially raise hers and her husband's pay
(b) that her ill sister could stay at Henry's while he was away
(c) that Henry hire her daughter also
(d) that Henry lend her a sum of money

11. Who did Henry meet in Paris in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Rosalind and Betty Emmet
(b) Lucy and Marilyn Emmet
(c) Rosina and Bay Emmet
(d) Lucinda and Mary Emmet

12. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?
(a) She tried to make him fearful about serving in the army.
(b) She told him horror stories about soldiers injured in the war.
(c) She invented an illness and treated him as if he were ill.
(d) She said she couldn't stand the strain of his joining.

13. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?
(a) Jim and Harry Temple
(b) Bob Temple and Joseph Barker
(c) William Barker and Gus Temple
(d) Gus Barker and William Temple

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

15. What was the name of the doctor who examined Henry?
(a) Dr. Harmon
(b) Dr. Hamilton
(c) Dr. Williams
(d) Dr. Richardson

Short Answer Questions

1. Where and when had Henry met Constance?

2. What did Hendrick Andersen and Henry James have in common?

3. Who was the stenographer Henry hired?

4. Who was the famous mother of Maud Elliot?

5. Who was George Gammon?

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