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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 famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?
(a) George Eliot
(b) Balzac
(c) Guy de Maupassant
(d) Thackery

2. What experience did Henry's father have in London many years ago which completely debilitated him?
(a) He had a vision of a huge bird of prey come to destroy him
(b) He had a dream about the angel of death come to get him
(c) He fell and broke his one good leg
(d) He was robbed and beaten when home alone

3. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.
(a) She was in ill health but stoic.
(b) She was pretty but shallow.
(c) She was a robust, happy girl.
(d) She was healthy and very athletic.

4. What hadn't he done for a long time because of his painful hand?
(a) kept up with the serialized novel he was writing
(b) eaten any steak or food he had to cut with a knife
(c) written any serious letters
(d) had a good night's sleep

5. What does Henry like about the American girls' reaction to Paris?
(a) their desire to walk everywhere and keep journals
(b) their interest in historical facts about the city.
(c) their interest in art and museums
(d) their delight in the colors, vistas and grandeur of Paris

Short Answer Questions

1. Constance had a letter of introduction from whom which she gave Henry?

2. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?

3. What had Henry's friend, Edward Warren, offered to do for Henry?

4. The books of what philosopher did Henry's father start reading after his vision and attack?

5. After Alice's arrival in England, what novel did Henry write that had a double portrait of her?

(see the answer key)

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