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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: May 1896.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry base the story he wrote at the end of Chapter 4 on?
(a) Oscar Wilde's wife and children
(b) his friends, Sturges and Gosse
(c) a couple like the Symondses and their beloved son
(d) Oscar Wilde's trial

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

3. Who was Hammond?
(a) Henry's lost love from the past
(b) Henry's manservant at the Royal Hospital
(c) Henry's cousin
(d) One of Lord Wolseley's guests

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

5. How did Henry like to be seen as a writer by people?
(a) as a popular, rich success
(b) as a noble, selfless non-materialist devoted to his art
(c) as a writer who would be known as a genius in the future
(d) as a playwright not a novelist

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gus Barker?

2. Who did Henry visit first after his play was a failure in London?

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

4. What had Henry purchases before he left London?

5. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?

(see the answer key)

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