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

2. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?
(a) He was indifferent.
(b) His loyalty would lie in making peace between them.
(c) His loyalty would lie with Great Britain.
(d) His loyalty would lie with the United States.

3. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?
(a) Civil War Nightmare
(b) Daisy Miller
(c) Portrait of a Lady
(d) Guy Domville

4. Who was Mr. Webster?
(a) the cook at the Royal Hospital
(b) Lady Wolseley's nephew
(c) a servant at the Royal Hospital
(d) the MP, friend of Lady Wolseley and foe to Henry

5. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?
(a) an expatriate Russian princess
(b) his brother William
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) his cousin Minny

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?

2. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

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

4. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?

5. How did the audience like Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?

(see the answer key)

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