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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. Where and when had Henry met Constance?
(a) 1882 in Genoa, Italy
(b) 1880 in Florence, Italy
(c) 1883 in Naples, Italy
(d) 1881 in Venice, Italy

2. What was the name of the little girl in the ghost story published in Colliers?
(a) Lucy
(b) Myra
(c) Alice
(d) Flora

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

4. How were the downstairs rooms at Lamb house like?
(a) medium-sized and dark
(b) small and cozy
(c) elegant with large windows
(d) large and airy

5. What was Henry's friend, Lily Norton, like?
(a) had a commanding, graceful presence and keen intelligence
(b) a beautiful , charismatic woman who would marry well
(c) a shy, introverted wallflower of a woman
(d) a charming though shallow woman

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the garden at Lamb House like?

2. What French author did Henry enjoy reading?

3. Who was George Gammon?

4. What problem does Henry have with the Smiths which forces him to fire them?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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