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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 does Henry do when he returns to Venice after a five-year absence?

2. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?

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

4. What are Hendrik and Henry celebrating when they have dinner at Hendrik's favorite restaurant?

5. What prestigious club in London did Henry want to join?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of Henry's brothers gives a speech; where is it given and about what?

5. Who helps Henry choose furnishings for his house and what problem develops with that person?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe an incident in Alice's childhood where she interacts in a deviant way with her aunt Kate.

2) What speech does William give in Boston? Why doesn't Henry travel to Boston for the speech?

3) What is the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment? Who in Henry's family is in that regiment?

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

Essay Topic 2

1) What is a recurring theme concerning Henry's attitude toward children?

2) How did Henry lose the decorum between himself and the Smiths?

3) Describe the garden at Lamb House. What is the name of the gardener?

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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