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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 Henry visit first after his play was a failure in London?
(a) William, his brother
(b) his Aunt Kate
(c) Lord Houghton
(d) Minny, his cousin

2. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?
(a) Venice
(b) Boston
(c) Geneva
(d) Rome

3. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?
(a) He was impressed by the pomp and grandeur of it.
(b) He found it a weariness to flesh and spirit alike.
(c) He felt at home and wished he too were nobility.
(d) He loved the distraction of the many balls.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Gray?

2. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?

3. In what century is the play set?

4. Who did Gosse say would produce unwashed boys to give evidence against Wilde?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Gus Barker?

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

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

5. Why had the two lords invited Henry to visit them in Ireland?

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

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

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

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

10. With whom does Minny argue and about what?

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