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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Henry's good friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, die?
(a) She died of a fever in Venice.
(b) She died of a heart attack in Venice.
(c) She committed suicide in Venice.
(d) She died of tuberculosis in Venice.

2. How long had the Smiths worked for Henry at Kensington?
(a) 9 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 8 years

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

4. What did Maud Howe Elliot and her artist husband want Henry to do?
(a) to visit the tourist attractions of Rome with them
(b) to write as novel with them as the main characters
(c) to visit them regularly anytime and mingle with their guests
(d) to leave them alone since they disliked him

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

6. What did Bob want to do?
(a) open a dry goods store
(b) be a fisherman
(c) become an accountant
(d) be a farmer

7. What fort was Wilky's regiment sent to attack?
(a) Fort Lee
(b) Fort Savannah
(c) Fort Wagner
(d) Fort Sumner

8. What place in Rome do Henry and Hendrik visit together?
(a) the Spanish Steps
(b) the Colosseum
(c) the Protestant Cemetery
(d) the Vatican

9. 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 old relative of hers who was visiting
(d) an older Italian sculptress

10. What did Florence Lett's daughter look like and what was she wearing during her mother's visit to Lamb House?
(a) She was ordinary-looking with dark hair and a red dress
(b) She was beautiful, fair with blue eyes and a blue dress.
(c) She was a dark-skinned brunette in a white dress.
(d) She was a red-head in a bright green dress.

11. What does Henry seek to correct about the American girls he tours Paris with?
(a) their rude manners
(b) their flirtatiousness with European men
(c) their gaudy clothes
(d) their speech, the way they drop consonants

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

13. What would Alice, Henry's sister, have done about the predicament with the Smiths?
(a) told him to dismiss them at once
(b) laughed uproariously and made him describe the Smiths
(c) been sympathetic and understanding of his actions
(d) sympathized with the Smiths and urged him not to fire them

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

15. What was the name of the little girl in the ghost story published in Colliers?
(a) Lucy
(b) Flora
(c) Alice
(d) Myra

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Florence Lett's daughter in Chapter 8?

2. What did Florence Letts' daughter do that touched Henry?

3. What is the name of the parlor maid at Lamb House?

4. What publication accepted Henry's first story written in the French style about an adulterous woman?

5. What did the doctors tell Henry's father he must do after he had that vision or attack?

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