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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor had Mrs. Smith asked of Henry when in his employ in London?
(a) that Henry substantially raise hers and her husband's pay
(b) that her ill sister could stay at Henry's while he was away
(c) that Henry lend her a sum of money
(d) that Henry hire her daughter also

2. Who did Henry visit in Marseilles?
(a) Peter Bourget and his wife Claire
(b) Henri Bourgis and his wife
(c) Pierre Boulet and his wife
(d) Paul Bourget and his wife

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

4. What does Henry do when he returns to Venice after a five-year absence?
(a) tries to avoid the street where Constance committed suicide
(b) enjoys his return to the beautiful, romantic city
(c) begins a novel about Constance Fenimore Woolson
(d) visits several Venetian churches where he prays

5. What did Hendrick Andersen and Henry James have in common?
(a) They were both obsessed with the past.
(b) They both lived in Newport as children.
(c) They were both writers.
(d) They both loved classical music.

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

7. Who did Henry support and therefore wish not to get into an argument about during his visit in Marseilles?
(a) Victor Hugo and Balzac
(b) Racine and Baudelaire
(c) Zola and Dreyfuss
(d) Moliere and Lamartine

8. What does Henry like about the American girls' reaction to Paris?
(a) their desire to walk everywhere and keep journals
(b) their interest in art and museums
(c) their interest in historical facts about the city.
(d) their delight in the colors, vistas and grandeur of Paris

9. What did the doctors tell Henry's father he must do after he had that vision or attack?
(a) take the medicine which was prescribed daily
(b) not read, write, think or make visits
(c) write about his thoughts in a journal each day
(d) go on walks and have visitors

10. Where in Rome did Henry attend a party?
(a) Palazzo Giovanni, overlooking the Spanish Steps
(b) Palazzo Pitti, overlooking the rooftops of Rome
(c) Palazzo Accoramboni, overlooking St. Peter's Square
(d) Palazzo Alfredo, overlooking the colosseum

11. How old had Henry been when he first visited Rome?
(a) in his early thirties
(b) in his twenties
(c) in his teens
(d) forty-one

12. The girls Henry meets in Paris are the daughters of whom?
(a) Anne Emmet, Minny's sister
(b) Kaylina Smith, Minny's friend
(c) Ellen Temple, Minny's sister
(d) Sarah Temple, Minny's sister

13. The books of what philosopher did Henry's father start reading after his vision and attack?
(a) Schopenhauer
(b) Spinoza
(c) Kant
(d) Swedenborg

14. How old was Florence Lett's daughter in Chapter 8?
(a) seven
(b) eight
(c) six
(d) five

15. What was the garden at Lamb House like?
(a) medium-sized but the plantings weren't to Henry's liking
(b) neglected but with a great deal of promise
(c) well-tended but too large for Henry's needs
(d) small with beautiful plantings

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Florence Lett's daughter look like and what was she wearing during her mother's visit to Lamb House?

2. What would his friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, have done about the Smiths?

3. Who was Burgess Noakes?

4. What does Henry buy for his house which he is advised not to buy?

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

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