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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: October 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.
(a) She was in ill health but stoic.
(b) She was a robust, happy girl.
(c) She was healthy and very athletic.
(d) She was pretty but shallow.

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

3. What was one of the photographs Henry looked at at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) his aunt Kate
(b) His brother William
(c) the monument to the 54 Massachusetts Regiment
(d) Lamb House

4. With whom did Alice develop a close friendship after her parents died?
(a) her cousin Minny
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(c) Mrs. Charles Kingsley
(d) Katherine Loring

5. Where does William spend time before visiting Lamb House?
(a) He visits Paris.
(b) He visits Ireland to track down his ancestors.
(c) He visits a friend in London.
(d) He goes to Germany for his health

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry think of Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?

2. What French author did Henry enjoy reading?

3. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?

4. What experience did Henry's father have in London many years ago which completely debilitated him?

5. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?

(see the answer key)

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