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

2. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

3. Who did Henry visit first after his play was a failure in London?

4. With what poet's sister did Henry compare Alice?

5. What had William Dean Howells told Sturges during their meeting in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who was Gus Barker?

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

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

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

10. What is his play GUY DOMVILLE about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

1) Where does Henry's family originally come from in Ireland? How does Webster insult Henry about his family?

2) Describe the costume ball that Lady Wolseley puts on during Henry's visit? Who does Mrs. Webster dress as? Who does Mona dreaa as?

3) Who is Mona? What upsets Henry concerning her?

4) Choose one of the three topics and write on it.

Essay Topic 3

1) Who is Hendrik Andersen and what is his relationship with Henry?

2) What is revealed about the relationship between Henry and his brother William from the correspondence between them concerning the purchase of Lamb House by Henry?

3) What happens during the seance William and Alice have with the medium , Mrs. Fredericks? How does she prove her credibility?

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

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