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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 was the only child guest at the Royal hospital dressed for the costume ball?
(a) as Little Bo Peep
(b) as the infanta of Velaquez' painting
(c) as a fairy princess
(d) as an angel

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

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

4. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?
(a) Lord Wolseley's cousin
(b) a homosexual friend who slept with Wilde's boys after he did
(c) Wilde's cousin
(d) Henry's friend and patron

5. Who was Mr. Webster?
(a) the cook at the Royal Hospital
(b) a servant at the Royal Hospital
(c) the MP, friend of Lady Wolseley and foe to Henry
(d) Lady Wolseley's nephew

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?

2. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?

3. What mutual friend became the topic of conversation between Gosse and Henry after the trial?

4. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?

5. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?

(see the answer key)

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