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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. Who became a regular visitor of Henry's while he was preparing to leave London?
(a) his aunt Kate
(b) Oscar Wilde
(c) Edmund Gosse
(d) Francis Sturges

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

3. What was the garden at Lamb House like?
(a) neglected but with a great deal of promise
(b) medium-sized but the plantings weren't to Henry's liking
(c) small with beautiful plantings
(d) well-tended but too large for Henry's needs

4. Who did Henry support and therefore wish not to get into an argument about during his visit in Marseilles?
(a) Victor Hugo and Balzac
(b) Moliere and Lamartine
(c) Zola and Dreyfuss
(d) Racine and Baudelaire

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing that depresses Henry about living at Lamb House?

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

3. The girls Henry meets in Paris are the daughters of whom?

4. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?

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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