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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. When did Henry James Senior die?

2. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?

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

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

5. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Hammond?

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

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

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

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

9. Why was the success of his play so important to 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) Discuss Henry's view on the nature of success and failure. Does he feel one should strive for material succcess and popularity or

serve his art and be true to his artistic vision no matter what?

2) Describe Henry's visit to Lord Houghton's castle in Dublin. What is the entertainment? What is Henry's reaction to his stay there?

3) Describe Henry's visit with Lord and Lady Wolseley at the Royal Hospital in Dublin. Who is his manservant there and what is his relationship with him? Who is Mr. Webster and how does he interact with Henry?

4) Choose one of the three topics to discuss in writing.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Who in Rome invites Henry to parties and dinners at their palazzo? Describe them.

2) What does Henry give a speech on at one of the dinners in Rome? What is the reaction to the speech?

3) With whom do his Roman friends try to fix him up and what famous American woman is her relative?

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

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