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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. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?
(a) Thackery
(b) Guy de Maupassant
(c) Balzac
(d) George Eliot

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

3. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?
(a) that Henry likes to be waited on hand and foot
(b) that Henry isn't capable of taking care of himself
(c) that Henry should be treated like royalty
(d) that it will be a match since they're both homosexuals

4. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?
(a) Ned Lowell
(b) her older brother William
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(d) Charles Kingsley

5. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?
(a) makes insulting remarks about Americans
(b) alludes to the low heritage of the James family
(c) talks about the inferiority of homosexuals
(d) puts down writers as fools

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hammond?

2. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?

3. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?

4. What is the name of the producer and lead actor of Henry's play?

5. What was the adjective one of the Wolseleys' guests used over and over again in discussing the characters in Henry's novels and in George Eliot's novels.

(see the answer key)

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