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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea for a story comes to Henry while riding to dinner at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) the story of the affection of an orphaned brother and sister
(b) the story of an ill girl who has hallucinations
(c) the story of an American family in England
(d) the story of an Irish princess falling in love with an Englishman

2. Who are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?
(a) Paul, Peter and Eric
(b) Sargent, Gosse and Philip Burne-Jones
(c) Hammond, Littlefield and Philip Smith
(d) Minny, Constance and Hammond

3. Where did Henry go on the opening night of his play?
(a) He attended Oscar Wilde's new play.
(b) He went to the opera.
(c) He went for a walk in the park.
(d) He went to a restaurant and drank.

4. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?
(a) He loved the distraction of the many balls.
(b) He felt at home and wished he too were nobility.
(c) He was impressed by the pomp and grandeur of it.
(d) He found it a weariness to flesh and spirit alike.

5. What did Hammond look like?
(a) He was short with brown eyes and a beard
(b) He was medium height with green eyes and a mustache
(c) He was tall with brown eyes without a mustache or beard
(d) He was tall and blond with blue eyes

6. Who was Henry's lost homosexual love?
(a) Eric
(b) Lionel
(c) Paul
(d) Peter

7. Who led Henry onto the stage after the play?
(a) Gosse
(b) Paul
(c) Peter
(d) Alexander

8. Which novel of Henry's mentioned at the end of Chapter 5 was a tribute to Minny?
(a) The Bostonians
(b) The Princess Casamassima
(c) Daisy Miller
(d) Portrait of a Lady

9. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?
(a) makes insulting remarks about Americans
(b) alludes to the low heritage of the James family
(c) puts down writers as fools
(d) talks about the inferiority of homosexuals

10. What did Henry have to occupy his time with in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) writing columns for the London Times
(b) showing friends and relatives around London
(c) visiting a sick friend daily
(d) writing letters to his many friends

11. What is the dilemma of the main character in Henry's play?
(a) whether to become a novelist or a businessman
(b) whether to carry on the family line or join a monastery
(c) whether to marry his true love or marry a wealthy woman
(d) whether to travel to America or remain in Europe

12. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?
(a) His loyalty would lie with Great Britain.
(b) He was indifferent.
(c) His loyalty would lie with the United States.
(d) His loyalty would lie in making peace between them.

13. Where was Oscar Wilde's play held?
(a) Coventry
(b) the Royal theatre
(c) St. George's Theatre
(d) the Haymarket

14. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?
(a) Cork
(b) Tyrone
(c) Cavan
(d) Kerry

15. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?
(a) a nurse
(b) a clergyman
(c) a novelist
(d) a prim English woman

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Henry like about Holmes Jr.?

3. With whom did Alice develop a close friendship after her parents died?

4. Who was Lord Houghton?

5. How many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?

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