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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?
(a) her older brother William
(b) Charles Kingsley
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(d) Ned Lowell

2. Who is John Gray?
(a) a fellow novelist
(b) Henry's cousin
(c) another of Minny's suitors, a military man and intellectual
(d) a man Henry fell in love with in his youth

3. Who was Mr. Webster?
(a) the MP, friend of Lady Wolseley and foe to Henry
(b) a servant at the Royal Hospital
(c) Lady Wolseley's nephew
(d) the cook at the Royal Hospital

4. Who was Minny Temple?
(a) an imaginary character in one of Henry's novels
(b) Wendell's cousin
(c) Wendell's girlfriend
(d) Henry's cousin

5. Who was Lord Houghton?
(a) a distant relative of Henry's
(b) an English lord who dabbled in writing
(c) an old friend of Henry's
(d) lord lieutenant, representing the queen in Ireland

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did Henry's friends, Jonathan Sturges and Edmond Gosse, bring him?

2. Where did Henry go on the opening night of his play?

3. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?

4. What did Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial?

5. Who was Hammond?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Minny argue and about what?

2. Describe who visits him at eleven o'clock.

3. How was Princess Casamassima a double portrait of Henry's sister, Alice?

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

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

6. Who is Hammond?

7. What is his play GUY DOMVILLE about?

8. How did Alice react to her mother's death?

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

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

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