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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: April 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?
(a) Minny
(b) Marilyn
(c) Mary
(d) Mona

3. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?
(a) his aunt Kate
(b) the archbishop of Canterbury
(c) his father
(d) his friend Benson

4. After Alice's arrival in England, what novel did Henry write that had a double portrait of her?
(a) Portrait of a Lady
(b) Daisy Miller
(c) The Bostonians
(d) The Princess Casamassima

5. How did Henry like to be seen as a writer by people?
(a) as a noble, selfless non-materialist devoted to his art
(b) as a popular, rich success
(c) as a writer who would be known as a genius in the future
(d) as a playwright not a novelist

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?

2. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?

3. What did Hammond look like?

4. When did Henry James Senior die?

5. Who was Henry's lost homosexual love?

(see the answer key)

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