2. Who was Hammond?
(a) Henry's manservant at the Royal Hospital
(b) Henry's lost love from the past
(c) One of Lord Wolseley's guests
(d) Henry's cousin

3. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?
(a) She had a nervous breakdown.
(b) She became deathly ill and was hospitalized.
(c) She rallied and tried to be the mother of the house.
(d) She stayed in her bedroom and mourned.

4. What was Henry's brother, William, like?
(a) He was a sickly boy
(b) He was quiet and intellectual
(c) He was exuberant, strong and popular
(d) He was shy and retiring

5. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?
(a) an expatriate Russian princess
(b) Oscar Wilde
(c) his cousin Minny
(d) his brother William

6. What idea for a story comes to Henry while riding to dinner at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) the story of an American family in England
(b) the story of an Irish princess falling in love with an Englishman
(c) the story of the affection of an orphaned brother and sister
(d) the story of an ill girl who has hallucinations

7. Which novel of Henry's mentioned at the end of Chapter 5 was a tribute to Minny?
(a) Portrait of a Lady
(b) The Princess Casamassima
(c) The Bostonians
(d) Daisy Miller

8. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?
(a) obituaries and death notices
(b) wedding announcements
(c) newspaper articles
(d) tombstones

9. How was the only child guest at the Royal hospital dressed for the costume ball?
(a) as Little Bo Peep
(b) as a fairy princess
(c) as the infanta of Velaquez' painting
(d) as an angel

10. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?
(a) makes insulting remarks about Americans
(b) alludes to the low heritage of the James family
(c) puts down writers as fools
(d) talks about the inferiority of homosexuals

11. What did Holmes not disclose to Henry but did discuss with William, his brother?
(a) whom he was in love with
(b) details about the cases he tried
(c) his casual attitude toward women and the Civil War
(d) his thoughts about England

12. What had intrigued John Addington Symonds?
(a) fairytales
(b) Baroque art and music
(c) Greek ethics, love between men
(d) Italy and its beauty

13. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?
(a) He loved the distraction of the many balls.
(b) He was impressed by the pomp and grandeur of it.
(c) He found it a weariness to flesh and spirit alike.
(d) He felt at home and wished he too were nobility.

14. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?
(a) He loved the landscape.
(b) It was near and the people he visited hadn't seen his play.
(c) His ancestors had come from there.
(d) He wanted to write a novel about Ireland.

15. What is the dilemma of the main character in Henry's play?
(a) whether to travel to America or remain in Europe
(b) whether to carry on the family line or join a monastery
(c) whether to marry his true love or marry a wealthy woman
(d) whether to become a novelist or a businessman