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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: June 1898.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry and William have in common?
(a) were Minny Temple's admirers
(b) didn't join the army and studied at Harvard
(c) were their father's favorite sons
(d) were interested in fame, fortune and women

2. Who helps Henry pick out furnishings for his house in Rye?
(a) hit aunt Kate
(b) Sturges
(c) Gosse
(d) Lady Wolseley

3. In Chapter 1 where did Henry's dream take place?
(a) America
(b) New England
(c) Italy
(d) England

4. With what poet's sister did Henry compare Alice?
(a) Dorothy Wordsworth
(b) Emily Keats
(c) Lydia Shelly
(d) Mary Burns

5. What is the only thing that depresses Henry about living at Lamb House?
(a) that it is a distance from London
(b) that he might be lonely there
(c) that he will most likely die there
(d) that his sister, Alice, hadn't seen it before she died

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?

2. Who is John Gray?

3. Who is Gus Barker?

4. What did Florence Letts' daughter do that touched Henry?

5. What did Henry discover under the stairs of the house in Newport?

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