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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had been Henry's best friend, the person closest to him outside his own family?
(a) Edmund Gosse
(b) Jonathan Sturges
(c) Lady Wolseley
(d) Constance Fenimore Woolson

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

4. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?
(a) She told him horror stories about soldiers injured in the war.
(b) She said she couldn't stand the strain of his joining.
(c) She invented an illness and treated him as if he were ill.
(d) She tried to make him fearful about serving in the army.

5. What part of Henry's hand hurt him?
(a) along and around the bone from his wrist to his little finger
(b) all his fingers
(c) his forefinger and palm
(d) his thumb running to his wrist

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

7. What would his friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, have done about the Smiths?
(a) persuaded them to go without rancor, or to reform
(b) made it so unpleasant for them they would want to leave
(c) dismissed them at the first sign of inebriation
(d) let them stay on and would have hoped for the best

8. What advantage did Emerson say Henry James, Sr. had over him?
(a) an understanding wife
(b) a more thorough knowledge of the Bible
(c) first-hand knowledge of suffering and being alone to study
(d) a large family

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

10. What is the name of the parlor maid at Lamb House?
(a) Lydia
(b) Mary
(c) Fanny
(d) Molly

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

12. 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. Curtis, the owner of Palazzo Barbaro
(d) Mrs. Scalia the owner of Hotel San Marco

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

14. What story was one of the delights of Henry's childhood?
(a) the story of Rip Van Winkle
(b) the story of Alice in Wonderland
(c) the story of his father's wooden leg
(d) the his mother's childhood

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the brother of the Baroness von Rabe?

2. What favor had Mrs. Smith asked of Henry when in his employ in London?

3. What did Henry and William have in common?

4. What was the name of the little girl in the ghost story published in Colliers?

5. What does Henry seek to correct about the American girls he tours Paris with?

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