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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 many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?
(a) two boys and a girl
(b) two girls
(c) two boys
(d) a boy and a girl

2. How did the audience like Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?
(a) They loved it.
(b) They were bored with it.
(c) They hated it.
(d) They were shocked by it.

3. Who did Gosse say would produce unwashed boys to give evidence against Wilde?
(a) Sturges
(b) Lady Wolseley
(c) Douglas's father
(d) a newspaper reporter

4. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?
(a) Mary
(b) Marilyn
(c) Mona
(d) Minny

5. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?
(a) She had no appetite and was constantly urged to eat.
(b) Bob and Wilky teased her and left her defenseless.
(c) She was asked by her parents to tell about her day.
(d) She didn't like being with the family but wanted to be alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea for a story comes to Henry while riding to dinner at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

3. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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