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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. How did the distinguished guest of the Jameses embarrass and shame Alice?
(a) By making the remark that she was homely and umkempt
(b) By exclaiming that she was terribly skinny and looked ill
(c) By exclaiming that she wore a crinoline and it was depraved
(d) By remarking on her table manners not being refined

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

3. What did Gosse say Wilde's children looked like?
(a) beggar children
(b) hoodlums
(c) leprechauns
(d) angels

4. What was Symonds's wife like?
(a) a narrow, cold, Calvinistic, dull woman
(b) a dutiful, domestic wife
(c) a fiery Italian beauty
(d) a romantic, adoring wife

5. Who is the love of Oscar Wilde's life?
(a) Yeats
(b) his wife
(c) John
(d) Bosie

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?

3. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?

4. Who was Hammond?

5. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?

(see the answer key)

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