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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. When was the worst time for Alice when she had her most severe nervous breakdown?
(a) when she returned to New England
(b) when she was traveling in Italy
(c) when she was staying in London
(d) before and just after William's marriage

2. 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.

3. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?
(a) She left the room immediately.
(b) She made a point of ignoring the young man.
(c) She became garrulous, shrill and uneasy.
(d) She became extremely flirtatious.

4. What did Henry do after the play ended?
(a) visited the nearest pub and got drunk
(b) slunk home in disgrace
(c) sat on a park bench half the night
(d) waited in the shadows then returned bravely to face the actors

5. Where was Oscar Wilde's play held?
(a) Coventry
(b) the Royal theatre
(c) the Haymarket
(d) St. George's Theatre

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry's brother, William, like?

2. What is the name of the producer and lead actor of Henry's play?

3. Who is Gus Barker?

4. What profession did Henry's friend, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., have?

5. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. With whom does Minny argue and about what?

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

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

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

7. What scandal results in Oscar Wilde being brought to open trial?

8. Who was Gus Barker?

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

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

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