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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: March 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Alice's arrival in England, what novel did Henry write that had a double portrait of her?
(a) Portrait of a Lady
(b) The Bostonians
(c) The Princess Casamassima
(d) Daisy Miller

3. Where and when had Henry met Constance?
(a) 1882 in Genoa, Italy
(b) 1883 in Naples, Italy
(c) 1880 in Florence, Italy
(d) 1881 in Venice, Italy

4. What mutual friend became the topic of conversation between Gosse and Henry after the trial?
(a) Yeats
(b) John Addington Symonds
(c) George Bernard Shaw
(d) Sturges

5. Where was Henry's play held?
(a) Covent Gardens
(b) Price Albert's Theatre
(c) St. James Theatre
(d) the Haymarket

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Henry like to be seen as a writer by people?

2. Which novel of Henry's mentioned at the end of Chapter 5 was a tribute to Minny?

3. What prestigious club in London did Henry want to join?

4. Where did Henry's story appear in print?

5. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?

(see the answer key)

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