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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 had Henry's friend, Edward Warren, offered to do for Henry?
(a) find him a house outside London where he could write
(b) help him pay for the stenographer
(c) make drawings of the houses in Henry's novels
(d) introduce him to some English nobility as possible patrons

2. What did Henry like about Holmes Jr.?
(a) his intellectuality and solemness
(b) his wordiness and bursts of sermon-like phrases
(c) his steadfast friendship
(d) his honesty and forthrightness

3. What hadn't he done for a long time because of his painful hand?
(a) had a good night's sleep
(b) written any serious letters
(c) eaten any steak or food he had to cut with a knife
(d) kept up with the serialized novel he was writing

4. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?
(a) Thackery
(b) Guy de Maupassant
(c) George Eliot
(d) Balzac

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Henry's friend, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., have?

2. What did Henry and William have in common?

3. What was Minny Temple like?

4. Who was Mr. Webster?

5. What was the garden at Lamb House like?

(see the answer key)

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