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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: March 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the little girl in the ghost story published in Colliers?
(a) Flora
(b) Myra
(c) Alice
(d) Lucy

2. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?
(a) his father
(b) the archbishop of Canterbury
(c) his aunt Kate
(d) his friend Benson

3. When was the worst time for Alice when she had her most severe nervous breakdown?
(a) when she was traveling in Italy
(b) when she returned to New England
(c) before and just after William's marriage
(d) when she was staying in London

4. When did Henry James Senior die?
(a) within a year after his wife died
(b) three years after his wife died
(c) ten years after his wife died
(d) four years after his wife died

5. What part of Henry's hand hurt him?
(a) his forefinger and palm
(b) his thumb running to his wrist
(c) along and around the bone from his wrist to his little finger
(d) all his fingers

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?

2. What was Henry's brother, William, like?

3. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

4. What prestigious club in London did Henry want to join?

5. Who was the stenographer Henry hired?

(see the answer key)

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