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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. Who are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?

2. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?

3. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?

4. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?

5. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom does Henry decide to visit after the failure of his play in London and why?

3. What is the plot of the novel Henry writes at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What was Symonds' wife like?

5. What happened when Alice's father died within a year after her mother's death?

6. Describe Minny Temple, Henry's cousin.

7. What did Henry long for after observing the people at the ball?

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

9. What was the reception of Henry's play in comparison with the reception of Oscar Wilde's play?

10. What is his play GUY DOMVILLE about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Who is Gus Barker? What does he do at the school where William is a student? What happens to him during the Civil War?

2) Who are Minny Temple's three male suitors and what novel the James write based on the possible outcomes of her life with these three men?

3) Which English writer does Minny Temple love and how does Henry to some extent address this issue after Minny's death?

4) Choose one of the three questions to answer.

Essay Topic 2

1) What incident with his father on the beach in Bologne does Henry remember? What is Henry's reaction to it?

2) Describe the argument Henry James Sr. and Minny Temple have. What do they argue about? What is Mrs. James's opinon of the Minny's part in the argument?

3) What unusual sleeping arrangements must be faced by Holmes and Henry? How do they react to the situation?

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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