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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wilky and Bob have in common?
(a) handsome and attractive to women
(b) quiet and introverted
(c) noisy, not interested in education, became soldiers
(d) charming and charismatic to everyone

2. When Henry decides on residing in Lamb House in Rye how long a lease does the owner grant him?
(a) a twenty-year lease
(b) a ten-year lease
(c) a twenty-one-year lease
(d) a thirty-one-year lease

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

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

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

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

7. What did Florence Letts' daughter do that touched Henry?
(a) She embraced him and fell asleep in his lap.
(b) She told him he was kind and compared him to her father.
(c) She was very loving to her mother.
(d) She spoke of her love for animals.

8. What did Florence Lett's daughter look like and what was she wearing during her mother's visit to Lamb House?
(a) She was a red-head in a bright green 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 ordinary-looking with dark hair and a red dress

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

10. What publication accepted Henry's first story written in the French style about an adulterous woman?
(a) the Continental Monthly
(b) the Newport News
(c) the North American Review
(d) the Atlantic Monthly

11. What French author did Henry enjoy reading?
(a) Racine
(b) Victor Hugo
(c) Balzac
(d) Guy de Maupassant

12. Constance had a letter of introduction from whom which she gave Henry?
(a) from Minny Temple's sister, Sarah
(b) from his aunt Kate
(c) from his brother, William
(d) from Minny Temple's sister, Henrietta

13. Who wrote a letter from Venice to Henry in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Mrs. D'Onofrio the owner of Hotel Venezia
(b) Mrs. Bellini the owner of Pension Giovanni
(c) Mrs. Scalia the owner of Hotel San Marco
(d) Mrs. Curtis, the owner of Palazzo Barbaro

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

15. What was Henry's dog's name?
(a) Bruno
(b) King
(c) Maximilian
(d) George

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The books of what philosopher did Henry's father start reading after his vision and attack?

4. What was Henry's friend, Lily Norton, like?

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

(see the answer keys)

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