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

2. Who are the two relatives who appear in Henry's dream?
(a) his cousin, Minny, and his mother
(b) his father and his brother William
(c) his Mother and his Aunt Kate
(d) his brother, Wilky and his brother Bob

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

4. What upsets Henry the most when visiting the Wolseleys?
(a) The young daughter of one of the guests is ignored.
(b) The servants are mistreated.
(c) It's bitterly cold in his room
(d) The horses in the stables are starving.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry like about Holmes Jr.?

2. What had William Dean Howells told Sturges during their meeting in Paris?

3. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?

4. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?

5. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the mutual friend, John Addington Symonds, whom Henry and Gosse discuss after the trial.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Hammond?

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

10. Who was Gus Barker?

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