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

2. How did Henry's father lose his leg?
(a) in a fire
(b) in a carriage accident
(c) falling from the second story of a barn
(d) in a hunting accident

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

4. 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. Scalia the owner of Hotel San Marco
(c) Mrs. Bellini the owner of Pension Giovanni
(d) Mrs. Curtis, the owner of Palazzo Barbaro

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had been Henry's best friend, the person closest to him outside his own family?

2. What did Henry and William have in common?

3. What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Civil War Regiment?

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

5. What does Henry like about the American girls' reaction to Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Florence Lett's daughter do and what effect does it have on Henry?

2. Who helps Henry choose furnishings for his house and what problem develops with that person?

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

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

5. What location in Rome do Hendrick and Henry visit together and what is the significance of the visit?

6. How does Henry's mother keep Henry out of the Civil War and how does Henry respond to this?

7. Who visits Henry again and again as Henry prepares to leave London and what does he ask Henry to recount to him?

8. What is the importance of the book THE SCARLET LETTER by Hawthorne in Henry's life?

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

10. Who does Henry bring along with him from London to continue in his hire?

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