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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: May 1896.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is John Gray?
(a) a man Henry fell in love with in his youth
(b) a fellow novelist
(c) Henry's cousin
(d) another of Minny's suitors, a military man and intellectual

2. What did Yeats tell Gosse about Oscar Wilde's house and family?
(a) his house was ordinary, his family introverted and fearful
(b) his house, wife and children were warm, perfect and beautiful
(c) his house was small and unimposing, his family unattractive
(d) his house was forbidding, his wife and children ordinary

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

4. Who is Gus Barker?
(a) another of Minny's suitors
(b) a fellow student of William's at Harvard
(c) Henry's father's best friend
(d) a cousin of the Temple sisters, killed in the Civil War

5. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?
(a) She made a point of ignoring the young man.
(b) She became garrulous, shrill and uneasy.
(c) She left the room immediately.
(d) She became extremely flirtatious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who led Henry onto the stage after the play?

3. What did the emerging story idea do for Henry?

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

5. Who was Hammond?

(see the answer key)

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