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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 Yeats tell Gosse about Oscar Wilde's house and family?

2. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?

3. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?

4. What did Henry's father say was a woman's job?

5. What had intrigued John Addington Symonds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What English locale entrances Henry and what is it like?

2. What incident with his father in Boulogne haunts Henry?

3. Where does Henry find an inspiration for a story?

4. What inspires Henry to return to his writing with vigor in the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What former friend of Henry's does the Russian princess mention and why does it upset Henry?

6. What does Henry discover about Alice when they're caught in the rain in Newport?

7. Briefly describe the dream Henry has in Chapter 1.

8. Who is Mr. Webster and how does he interact with Henry?

9. What upsets Henry the most while visiting the Wolseleys?

10. What does Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial of Wilde?

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) Where does the James family move to after Newport and what breakthrough in his writing does Henry have there regarding a sense memory?

2) Who is Mrs. Florence Lett? Describe her.

3) What does Mrs. Lett's daughter do which touches Henry and warms his heart?

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

Essay Topic 3

1) Who was Katherine Loring and what relationship did she have with Alice?

2) Who are Jonathan Sturges and Edmund Gosse? What is their relationship to Henry?

3) What is the scandal concerning Oscar Wilde? Describe some of the details of the scandal.

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

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