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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 is the dilemma of the main character in Henry's play?

2. What is the name of the producer and lead actor of Henry's play?

3. What did Henry do after the play ended?

4. How did the audience like Henry's play?

5. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Gus Barker?

8. What incident with his father in Boulogne haunts Henry?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe an incident in Alice's childhood where she interacts in a deviant way with her aunt Kate.

2) What speech does William give in Boston? Why doesn't Henry travel to Boston for the speech?

3) What is the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment? Who in Henry's family is in that regiment?

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Where does the James family move to after Newport and what breakthrough in his writing does Henry have there regarding a sense memory?

2) Who is Mrs. Florence Lett? Describe her.

3) What does Mrs. Lett's daughter do which touches Henry and warms his heart?

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

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