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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. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?
(a) that Henry isn't capable of taking care of himself
(b) that it will be a match since they're both homosexuals
(c) that Henry likes to be waited on hand and foot
(d) that Henry should be treated like royalty

2. What part of Henry's body began to hurt him?
(a) his hand
(b) his arm
(c) his eyes
(d) his foot

3. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?
(a) It was near and the people he visited hadn't seen his play.
(b) His ancestors had come from there.
(c) He wanted to write a novel about Ireland.
(d) He loved the landscape.

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

5. What was one of the photographs Henry looked at at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) the monument to the 54 Massachusetts Regiment
(b) His brother William
(c) Lamb House
(d) his aunt Kate

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?

3. What upsets Henry the most when visiting the Wolseleys?

4. Who did Gosse say would produce unwashed boys to give evidence against Wilde?

5. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?

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