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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. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?
2. How old was Henry and how old was Constance when they met?
3. What peculiar physical mannerism did Mrs. Florence Lett exhibit as she sat in Henry's drawing room?
4. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?
5. What fort was Wilky's regiment sent to attack?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Henry and his friend, Perry, do during the first summer of the Civil War and what is the effect on them?
2. Who suggested to Henry's father, after his attack, that he should read a certain philosopher's writings; who was the philosopher and what effect did it have on Henry's father?
3. What morbid thought comes to Henry when he envisions his life in Lamb House in Rye?
4. What does Henry do when he is summoned to Venice after Constance's suicide?
5. 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?
6. What location in Rome do Hendrick and Henry visit together and what is the significance of the visit?
7. What transpires when Hendrick visits Henry at Lamb House?
8. Who is Burgess Noakes and what is he like?
9. With whom does Henry tour Paris and what are they like?
10. To whom does Henry introduce Constance and where; what is the result?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Describe briefly each of the children of Henry James.
2) Describe Henry James Sr. and his wife briefly.
3) Describe Lady Wolseley briefly.
4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.
Essay Topic 2
1) Who in Rome invites Henry to parties and dinners at their palazzo? Describe them.
2) What does Henry give a speech on at one of the dinners in Rome? What is the reaction to the speech?
3) With whom do his Roman friends try to fix him up and what famous American woman is her relative?
4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.
Essay Topic 3
1) How did Henry James Sr. lose his leg? Go into as much detail as possible.
2) What was Henry James Sr.'s first thought about the Civil War in relation to his sons?
3) What was the change in Henry's father's opinion about the war and his family's involvement later?
4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.
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