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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. What did Yeats tell Gosse about Oscar Wilde's house and family?
(a) his house was forbidding, his wife and children ordinary
(b) his house, wife and children were warm, perfect and beautiful
(c) his house was ordinary, his family introverted and fearful
(d) his house was small and unimposing, his family unattractive

2. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?
(a) for the noble inhabitants of Dublin
(b) for war victims
(c) for the general population of Dublin
(d) for old British soldiers of the seventeenth century

3. Who was Lord Houghton?
(a) lord lieutenant, representing the queen in Ireland
(b) a distant relative of Henry's
(c) an English lord who dabbled in writing
(d) an old friend of Henry's

4. Who are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?
(a) Sargent, Gosse and Philip Burne-Jones
(b) Hammond, Littlefield and Philip Smith
(c) Paul, Peter and Eric
(d) Minny, Constance and Hammond

5. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?
(a) Wilde's parents
(b) Lord Wolseley
(c) George Bernard Shaw
(d) Lady Wolseley

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?

3. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?

4. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?

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

(see the answer key)

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