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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 Hendrick Andersen and Henry James have in common?

2. How old was Henry James when he was touring Paris with the two American sisters?

3. What did Henry discover under the stairs of the house in Newport?

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

5. When Henry decides on residing in Lamb House in Rye how long a lease does the owner grant him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Henry's guest, Lily Norton, like and what did they have in common?

4. What morbid thought comes to Henry when he envisions his life in Lamb House in Rye?

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

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

7. What location in Rome do Hendrick and Henry visit together and what is the significance of the visit?

8. What does Henry do when he is summoned to Venice after Constance's suicide?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Discuss Henry's view on the nature of success and failure. Does he feel one should strive for material succcess and popularity or

serve his art and be true to his artistic vision no matter what?

2) Describe Henry's visit to Lord Houghton's castle in Dublin. What is the entertainment? What is Henry's reaction to his stay there?

3) Describe Henry's visit with Lord and Lady Wolseley at the Royal Hospital in Dublin. Who is his manservant there and what is his relationship with him? Who is Mr. Webster and how does he interact with Henry?

4) Choose one of the three topics to discuss in writing.

Essay Topic 2

1) Who is John Addington Symonds? What does he do?

2) Describe John Addington Symonds's wife.

3) Describe the story that John Symonds and his wife inspire Henry to write.

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

Essay Topic 3

1) Who is Burgess Noakes? Describe him.

2) What problem does Henry have with his servants , the Smiths and how does he finally resolve it?

3) How would Constance have resolved the problem with the Smiths? How would Alice, his sister-in-law handled the problem?

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

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