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

2. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?
(a) a prim English woman
(b) a nurse
(c) a novelist
(d) a clergyman

3. What did Henry like about Americans?
(a) their independence and love of freedom
(b) their yearning openness and readiness for experience
(c) their Yankee practicality
(d) their tolerance of others

4. Where did Henry go on the opening night of his play?
(a) He attended Oscar Wilde's new play.
(b) He went for a walk in the park.
(c) He went to the opera.
(d) He went to a restaurant and drank.

5. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?
(a) that Henry isn't capable of taking care of himself
(b) that it will be a match since they're both homosexuals
(c) that Henry likes to be waited on hand and foot
(d) that Henry should be treated like royalty

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?

3. What did Hammond look like?

4. What had intrigued John Addington Symonds?

5. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mr. Webster and how does he interact with Henry?

3. What did Henry long for after observing the people at the ball?

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

5. What upsets Henry the most while visiting the Wolseleys?

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

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

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

9. Who is Hammond?

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

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