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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How old was Henry and how old was Constance when they met?
(a) Henry was 40, Constance 38
(b) Henry was 38, Constance 42
(c) Henry was 37, Constance 40
(d) Henry was 39, Constance 41

5. Who helps Henry pick out furnishings for his house in Rye?
(a) Gosse
(b) hit aunt Kate
(c) Sturges
(d) Lady Wolseley

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?

2. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?

3. What story was one of the delights of Henry's childhood?

4. To whom does Henry introduce Constance in Florence?

5. Where do Henry and Hendrik go on one of the only sunny days during Hendrik's visit to Lamb House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Hendrick Andersen and what is Henry's relationship with him?

2. What transpires when Hendrick visits Henry at Lamb House?

3. What happens that develops a relationship between Henry and Mrs. Smith that's too intimate for a boss and his servant?

4. Which of Henry's brothers gives a speech; where is it given and about what?

5. Who was George Gammon and what was he like?

6. Who is Burgess Noakes and what is he like?

7. What morbid thought comes to Henry when he envisions his life in Lamb House in Rye?

8. Where did the James family move and what brought about Henry's first breakthrough in his writing at the end of Chapter 7?

9. What do Henry and his friend, Perry, do during the first summer of the Civil War and what is the effect on them?

10. To whom does Henry introduce Constance and where; what is the result?

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