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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 had Hammond been before he was employed by the Wolseleys?

2. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?

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

4. What did Yeats tell Gosse about Oscar Wilde's house and family?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Hammond?

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

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

7. What was Symonds' wife like?

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

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

10. What English locale entrances Henry and what is it like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) How does Henry change his opinion of the novel, THE SCARLET LETTER? How is this significant in Henry's life?

2) Describe the attack on Fort Wagner during the Civil War? What happens?

3) Who is James Barker and what happens to him in the Civil War?

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

Essay Topic 2

1) Who is John Addington Symonds? What does he do?

2) Describe John Addington Symonds's wife.

3) Describe the story that John Symonds and his wife inspire Henry to write.

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

Essay Topic 3

1) Who is Gus Barker? What does he do at the school where William is a student? What happens to him during the Civil War?

2) Who are Minny Temple's three male suitors and what novel the James write based on the possible outcomes of her life with these three men?

3) Which English writer does Minny Temple love and how does Henry to some extent address this issue after Minny's death?

4) Choose one of the three questions to answer.

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