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

2. What was the adjective one of the Wolseleys' guests used over and over again in discussing the characters in Henry's novels and in George Eliot's novels.
(a) intelligent
(b) boring
(c) sensitive
(d) blank

3. What had Henry purchases before he left London?
(a) a walking cane
(b) a new writing desk
(c) a bicycle
(d) a fashionable summer suit

4. Where was Henry's play held?
(a) St. James Theatre
(b) the Haymarket
(c) Covent Gardens
(d) Price Albert's Theatre

5. What did Hammond look like?
(a) He was short with brown eyes and a beard
(b) He was tall and blond with blue eyes
(c) He was tall with brown eyes without a mustache or beard
(d) He was medium height with green eyes and a mustache

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What upsets Henry the most when visiting the Wolseleys?

3. How did the distinguished guest of the Jameses embarrass and shame Alice?

4. Who did Henry visit first after his play was a failure in London?

5. Who was Minny Temple?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Symonds' wife like?

5. Who was Gus Barker?

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

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

8. With whom does Minny argue and about what?

9. What does Holmes talk about with Henry's brother, William, and not with Henry?

10. Why was the success of his play so important to Henry?

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