View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom does Henry introduce Constance in Florence?
(a) Francis Boott and his daughter Lizzie
(b) his friends, Mrs. and Mr. Miller
(c) Florence Lett and Lily Norton
(d) his aunt Kate and his cousin, Henrietta

3. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?
(a) a nurse
(b) a prim English woman
(c) a novelist
(d) a clergyman

4. How did the distinguished guest of the Jameses embarrass and shame Alice?
(a) By exclaiming that she was terribly skinny and looked ill
(b) By remarking on her table manners not being refined
(c) By exclaiming that she wore a crinoline and it was depraved
(d) By making the remark that she was homely and umkempt

5. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?
(a) She rallied and tried to be the mother of the house.
(b) She had a nervous breakdown.
(c) She stayed in her bedroom and mourned.
(d) She became deathly ill and was hospitalized.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What experience did Henry's father have in London many years ago which completely debilitated him?

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

4. What does Henry seek to correct about the American girls he tours Paris with?

5. Who helps Henry pick out furnishings for his house in Rye?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 353 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample