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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: April 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Henry visit first after his play was a failure in London?
(a) Minny, his cousin
(b) his Aunt Kate
(c) William, his brother
(d) Lord Houghton

2. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?
(a) obituaries and death notices
(b) tombstones
(c) newspaper articles
(d) wedding announcements

3. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?
(a) for the general population of Dublin
(b) for old British soldiers of the seventeenth century
(c) for war victims
(d) for the noble inhabitants of Dublin

4. What did Yeats tell Gosse about Oscar Wilde's house and family?
(a) his house was small and unimposing, his family unattractive
(b) his house was ordinary, his family introverted and fearful
(c) his house, wife and children were warm, perfect and beautiful
(d) his house was forbidding, his wife and children ordinary

5. How did the audience like Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?
(a) They hated it.
(b) They loved it.
(c) They were shocked by it.
(d) They were bored with it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Henry heard about Oscar Wilde's parents?

3. What was the adjective one of the Wolseleys' guests used over and over again in discussing the characters in Henry's novels and in George Eliot's novels.

4. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?

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

(see the answer key)

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