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

2. Who led Henry onto the stage after the play?
(a) Gosse
(b) Peter
(c) Paul
(d) Alexander

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

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

5. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?
(a) He was impressed by the pomp and grandeur of it.
(b) He loved the distraction of the many balls.
(c) He found it a weariness to flesh and spirit alike.
(d) He felt at home and wished he too were nobility.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

3. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?

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

5. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?

(see the answer key)

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