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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hammond look like?

2. What had Henry purchases before he left London?

3. Who was Hammond?

4. What part of Henry's body began to hurt him?

5. In Chapter 1 where did Henry's dream take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Symonds' wife like?

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

3. Who is Hammond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial of Wilde?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) How did Henry James Sr. lose his leg? Go into as much detail as possible.

2) What was Henry James Sr.'s first thought about the Civil War in relation to his sons?

3) What was the change in Henry's father's opinion about the war and his family's involvement later?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe briefly each of the children of Henry James.

2) Describe Henry James Sr. and his wife briefly.

3) Describe Lady Wolseley briefly.

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) What two girls does Henry tour Paris with. Describe them and Henry's opinion o them.

2) Describe Constance Fenimore Woolson.

3) Why is Constance Henry's closest friend?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

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