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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who became a regular visitor of Henry's while he was preparing to leave London?

3. What peculiar physical mannerism did Mrs. Florence Lett exhibit as she sat in Henry's drawing room?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Who is Hendrik Andersen and what is his relationship with Henry?

2) What is revealed about the relationship between Henry and his brother William from the correspondence between them concerning the purchase of Lamb House by Henry?

3) What happens during the seance William and Alice have with the medium , Mrs. Fredericks? How does she prove her credibility?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Who is Lily Norton? Describe her.

2) Why doesn't Henry think Lily will ever marry?

3) Describe Mrs. Smith's sister who recovered from cancer. Who is she married to?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Why does Henry feel guilty about Minny's death? Who rebukes Henry concerning her death?

2) What does Henry do when he can no longer write do to a painful hand? Who does he hire?

3) Describe Lamb House?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

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