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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. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?
(a) Bob Temple and Joseph Barker
(b) William Barker and Gus Temple
(c) Jim and Harry Temple
(d) Gus Barker and William Temple

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Henry support and therefore wish not to get into an argument about during his visit in Marseilles?

2. What was one of the photographs Henry looked at at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. How old was Henry and how old was Constance when they met?

4. What did Bob want to do?

5. What did the doctors tell Henry's father he must do after he had that vision or attack?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Cabot Russell and what happened to him?

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

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

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

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