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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. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?
(a) Lord Tennyson
(b) Queen Victoria
(c) George I
(d) George Bernard Shaw

2. What did Henry and William have in common?
(a) were interested in fame, fortune and women
(b) didn't join the army and studied at Harvard
(c) were their father's favorite sons
(d) were Minny Temple's admirers

3. To whom is Mrs. Smith's sister now married?
(a) the gardener for Lord Tennyson
(b) the cook at the Poet Laureate's
(c) the gardener for a rich man in a neighboring town
(d) the gardener for Mr. Austin at Ashford

4. What did William want to be at first?
(a) a banker
(b) a poet
(c) a painter
(d) a sculptor

5. What is the only thing that depresses Henry about living at Lamb House?
(a) that his sister, Alice, hadn't seen it before she died
(b) that he will most likely die there
(c) that he might be lonely there
(d) that it is a distance from London

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Henry's dog's name?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Henry hire at the beginning of Chapter 6 and why?

2. What is the difference between Henry and Hendrick and what do they have in common?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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