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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: April 1898.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?
(a) Lord Wolseley
(b) Wilde's parents
(c) Lady Wolseley
(d) George Bernard Shaw

2. What was the name of the doctor who examined Henry?
(a) Dr. Richardson
(b) Dr. Hamilton
(c) Dr. Harmon
(d) Dr. Williams

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

4. What did Henry's father live on?
(a) his inheritance, rent and dividends
(b) his children's earnings
(c) his writing
(d) his wife's fortune

5. What did Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial?
(a) moved to Switzerland with her children and changed her name
(b) denounced him in an article in the London Times
(c) came to London to stand by him
(d) committed suicide

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?

2. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

3. What was Henry's brother, William, like?

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

5. Who was Hammond?

(see the answer key)

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