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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: March 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what century is the play set?
(a) sixteenth century
(b) eighteenth century
(c) nineteenth century
(d) seventeenth century

2. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?
(a) for old British soldiers of the seventeenth century
(b) for war victims
(c) for the general population of Dublin
(d) for the noble inhabitants of Dublin

3. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?
(a) He was impressed by the pomp and grandeur of it.
(b) He felt at home and wished he too were nobility.
(c) He loved the distraction of the many balls.
(d) He found it a weariness to flesh and spirit alike.

4. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?
(a) Venice
(b) Rome
(c) Boston
(d) Geneva

5. When did Henry James Senior die?
(a) within a year after his wife died
(b) three years after his wife died
(c) four years after his wife died
(d) ten years after his wife died

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?

2. What was Henry's brother, William, like?

3. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?

4. Who was Hammond?

5. How did Henry treat the actors in his play?

(see the answer key)

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