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

2. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?
(a) Cavan
(b) Cork
(c) Tyrone
(d) Kerry

3. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?
(a) three young sisters
(b) a boy and his younger sister
(c) two girls and their younger brother
(d) two young brothers

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the emerging story idea do for Henry?

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

3. Who was Henry's lost homosexual love?

4. What did Gosse say Wilde's children looked like?

5. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?

(see the answer key)

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