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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: April 1898.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Minny Temple?
(a) an imaginary character in one of Henry's novels
(b) Henry's cousin
(c) Wendell's girlfriend
(d) Wendell's cousin

2. What did Henry's father live on?
(a) his children's earnings
(b) his inheritance, rent and dividends
(c) his writing
(d) his wife's fortune

3. What did Henry's father say that Minny took exception to?
(a) He was critical of his sons and daughter.
(b) He said women were inferior in intellect and physical strength.
(c) He didn't like animals.
(d) He was against abolition

4. What did Wilky and Bob have in common?
(a) handsome and attractive to women
(b) quiet and introverted
(c) noisy, not interested in education, became soldiers
(d) charming and charismatic to everyone

5. Who was Lord Houghton?
(a) an old friend of Henry's
(b) an English lord who dabbled in writing
(c) lord lieutenant, representing the queen in Ireland
(d) a distant relative of Henry's

Short Answer Questions

1. What possession of Henry's brother, Wilky, had such a powerful effect on him and influenced his writing?

2. What was one of the photographs Henry looked at at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. What news did Henry's friends, Jonathan Sturges and Edmond Gosse, bring him?

4. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?

5. What fort was Wilky's regiment sent to attack?

(see the answer key)

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