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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Maud Elliot want to fix up Henry at one of her dinners?
(a) a widow and former Baroness von Rabe
(b) an older visitor from America who was a fan of Henry's
(c) an older Italian sculptress
(d) an old relative of hers who was visiting

2. How did Henry's father lose his leg?
(a) falling from the second story of a barn
(b) in a carriage accident
(c) in a fire
(d) in a hunting accident

3. Who was Burgess Noakes?
(a) boy-boy and valet to Henry at Lamb House
(b) the butler at Lamb House
(c) an old American friend who came to visit
(d) a magazine publisher friend of Henry's

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

5. What was Henry's friend, Lily Norton, like?
(a) a beautiful , charismatic woman who would marry well
(b) a charming though shallow woman
(c) a shy, introverted wallflower of a woman
(d) had a commanding, graceful presence and keen intelligence

6. What problem does Henry have with the Smiths which forces him to fire them?
(a) They both start becoming rude and surly to guests.
(b) They are keep taking off and going back to London.
(c) They both are caught stealing
(d) They both start drinking heavily

7. How old was Henry James when he was touring Paris with the two American sisters?
(a) 56
(b) 59
(c) 55
(d) 57

8. What did Henry's father live on?
(a) his writing
(b) his inheritance, rent and dividends
(c) his wife's fortune
(d) his children's earnings

9. Where do Henry and Hendrik go on one of the only sunny days during Hendrik's visit to Lamb House?
(a) They bicycle to the sea , to the beach.
(b) They visit the quaint old church in Rye.
(c) They take a bicycle ride around the countryside near Rye.
(d) They walk around the village of Rye , visiting the shops.

10. Who did Henry meet in Paris in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Lucy and Marilyn Emmet
(b) Lucinda and Mary Emmet
(c) Rosina and Bay Emmet
(d) Rosalind and Betty Emmet

11. Who was the brother of the Baroness von Rabe?
(a) the poet William Jones
(b) the novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne
(c) the writer Lewis Crawford
(d) the novelist Marion Crawford

12. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?
(a) Queen Victoria
(b) George Bernard Shaw
(c) George I
(d) Lord Tennyson

13. What does Henry buy for his house which he is advised not to buy?
(a) an ornate lamp
(b) a brass bed
(c) an old desk
(d) a tapestry

14. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?
(a) Jim and Harry Temple
(b) Gus Barker and William Temple
(c) William Barker and Gus Temple
(d) Bob Temple and Joseph Barker

15. To whom does Henry introduce Constance in Florence?
(a) his aunt Kate and his cousin, Henrietta
(b) his friends, Mrs. and Mr. Miller
(c) Francis Boott and his daughter Lizzie
(d) Florence Lett and Lily Norton

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hendrick Andersen and Henry James have in common?

2. What did Maud Howe Elliot and her artist husband want Henry to do?

3. To whom is Mrs. Smith's sister now married?

4. What hadn't he done for a long time because of his painful hand?

5. When Henry decides on residing in Lamb House in Rye how long a lease does the owner grant him?

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