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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: May 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Henry's good friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, die?
(a) She died of tuberculosis in Venice.
(b) She died of a heart attack in Venice.
(c) She committed suicide in Venice.
(d) She died of a fever in Venice.

2. How old was Henry and how old was Constance when they met?
(a) Henry was 40, Constance 38
(b) Henry was 37, Constance 40
(c) Henry was 39, Constance 41
(d) Henry was 38, Constance 42

3. What did Gosse say Wilde's children looked like?
(a) leprechauns
(b) hoodlums
(c) angels
(d) beggar children

4. Who had been Henry's best friend, the person closest to him outside his own family?
(a) Edmund Gosse
(b) Lady Wolseley
(c) Jonathan Sturges
(d) Constance Fenimore Woolson

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?

2. Constance had a letter of introduction from whom which she gave Henry?

3. Where in Rome did Henry attend a party?

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

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

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