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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 are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?
(a) Minny, Constance and Hammond
(b) Paul, Peter and Eric
(c) Sargent, Gosse and Philip Burne-Jones
(d) Hammond, Littlefield and Philip Smith

2. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?
(a) George Eliot
(b) Thackery
(c) Balzac
(d) Guy de Maupassant

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Mr. Webster?

3. Who is the love of Oscar Wilde's life?

4. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?

5. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Symonds' wife like?

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

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

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

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

7. What is his play GUY DOMVILLE about?

8. Describe Minny Temple, Henry's cousin.

9. How did Alice react when a young man entered the room?

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

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