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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) Wilde's parents
(b) Lady Wolseley
(c) Lord Wolseley
(d) George Bernard Shaw

2. What had happened when Henry walked with his father on the beach in Boulogne?
(a) Henry fell in love with the city of Boulogne.
(b) He and his father bonded for the first time.
(c) Henry saved a drowning girl.
(d) His father watched a female bather too intensely.

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

4. When was the worst time for Alice when she had her most severe nervous breakdown?
(a) when she was staying in London
(b) before and just after William's marriage
(c) when she returned to New England
(d) when she was traveling in Italy

5. What had intrigued John Addington Symonds?
(a) Greek ethics, love between men
(b) Baroque art and music
(c) Italy and its beauty
(d) fairytales

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Hammond been before he was employed by the Wolseleys?

2. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?

3. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?

4. What did Henry's father say was a woman's job?

5. What possession of Henry's brother, Wilky, had such a powerful effect on him and influenced his writing?

(see the answer key)

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