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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. What did Henry like about Americans?
(a) their Yankee practicality
(b) their independence and love of freedom
(c) their yearning openness and readiness for experience
(d) their tolerance of others

2. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?
(a) Cavan
(b) Cork
(c) Tyrone
(d) Kerry

3. What did Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial?
(a) came to London to stand by him
(b) moved to Switzerland with her children and changed her name
(c) committed suicide
(d) denounced him in an article in the London Times

4. How did Henry's father lose his leg?
(a) in a carriage accident
(b) in a fire
(c) in a hunting accident
(d) falling from the second story of a barn

5. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?
(a) She was asked by her parents to tell about her day.
(b) She had no appetite and was constantly urged to eat.
(c) She didn't like being with the family but wanted to be alone.
(d) Bob and Wilky teased her and left her defenseless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had William Dean Howells told Sturges during their meeting in Paris?

2. What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Civil War Regiment?

3. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?

4. What upsets Henry the most when visiting the Wolseleys?

5. What did Henry base the story he wrote at the end of Chapter 4 on?

(see the answer key)

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