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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. 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 was staying in London
(c) when she returned to New England
(d) before and just after William's marriage

2. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?
(a) Queen Victoria
(b) George Bernard Shaw
(c) Lord Tennyson
(d) George I

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

4. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?
(a) She became extremely flirtatious.
(b) She became garrulous, shrill and uneasy.
(c) She made a point of ignoring the young man.
(d) She left the room immediately.

5. Where did Henry spend time that summer in Chapter 6?
(a) on a vist to America
(b) in Ireland
(c) in Venice
(d) in the villages of the Suffolk coast

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became a regular visitor of Henry's while he was preparing to leave London?

2. To whom does Henry introduce Constance in Florence?

3. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?

4. Who did Henry support and therefore wish not to get into an argument about during his visit in Marseilles?

5. When Henry decides on residing in Lamb House in Rye how long a lease does the owner grant him?

(see the answer key)

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