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

2. What prestigious club in London did Henry want to join?
(a) the Writer's Guild
(b) the Reform Club
(c) the Punch and Judy Club
(d) the Gentlemen's Club

3. What peculiar physical mannerism did Mrs. Florence Lett exhibit as she sat in Henry's drawing room?
(a) She made different passionate facial expressions
(b) She held her pinky up straight while drinking her tea.
(c) She moved her foot back and forth quickly.
(d) She rolled her eyes all the time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What would his friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, have done about the Smiths?

5. Who was George Gammon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which story did Henry decide to submit to which publication and which character in the story started to take on a life of her own, developing in ways Henry had not originally intended?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. With whom does Henry tour Paris and what are they like?

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

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

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