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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. Constance had a letter of introduction from whom which she gave Henry?
(a) from Minny Temple's sister, Sarah
(b) from Minny Temple's sister, Henrietta
(c) from his brother, William
(d) from his aunt Kate

2. When Henry decides on residing in Lamb House in Rye how long a lease does the owner grant him?
(a) a twenty-one-year lease
(b) a thirty-one-year lease
(c) a twenty-year lease
(d) a ten-year lease

3. With whom did Alice develop a close friendship after her parents died?
(a) her cousin Minny
(b) Katherine Loring
(c) Mrs. Charles Kingsley
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Henry spend time that summer in Chapter 6?

2. How did the distinguished guest of the Jameses embarrass and shame Alice?

3. When did Henry James Senior die?

4. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?

5. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

(see the answer key)

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