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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. Which novel of Henry's mentioned at the end of Chapter 5 was a tribute to Minny?
(a) The Princess Casamassima
(b) Portrait of a Lady
(c) The Bostonians
(d) Daisy Miller

2. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?
(a) in the past in England
(b) in the present in New England
(c) in an old mansion in New York
(d) in a remote house on the rocks in Newport

3. How did Henry treat the actors in his play?
(a) He ignored them.
(b) He spoiled them with hampers of food.
(c) He criticized their acting ability.
(d) He complemented their acting ability constantly.

4. What did Henry think of Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?
(a) He thought it was boring.
(b) He thought it was feeble and vulgar.
(c) He thought it was too intellectual.
(d) He thought it was clever and amusing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the only child guest at the Royal hospital dressed for the costume ball?

2. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?

3. How old was Florence Lett's daughter in Chapter 8?

4. How did Henry's good friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, die?

5. Who is John Gray?

(see the answer key)

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