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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 Henry like about Americans?

2. What English locale did Henry fall in love with?

3. What did Henry's father say that Minny took exception to?

4. How did the audience like Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?

5. Who is Gus Barker?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What inspires Henry to return to his writing with vigor in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

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

5. Describe who visits him at eleven o'clock.

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

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

8. Who was Gus Barker?

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

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

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) Who was Katherine Loring and what relationship did she have with Alice?

2) Who are Jonathan Sturges and Edmund Gosse? What is their relationship to Henry?

3) What is the scandal concerning Oscar Wilde? Describe some of the details of the scandal.

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

Essay Topic 3

1) Who volunteers to help Henry decorate his new home in Rye? and what problem develops?

2) Describe Henry's father's debilitating experience. Who asked Henry about it?

3) What philosopher does Henry James Sr. read who changes his outlook on life to a happier one? What is it that Henry's father finds of interest

in the books of this philosopher?

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

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