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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 like to be seen as a writer by people?
(a) as a playwright not a novelist
(b) as a writer who would be known as a genius in the future
(c) as a noble, selfless non-materialist devoted to his art
(d) as a popular, rich success

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

3. What favor had Mrs. Smith asked of Henry when in his employ in London?
(a) that Henry lend her a sum of money
(b) that her ill sister could stay at Henry's while he was away
(c) that Henry substantially raise hers and her husband's pay
(d) that Henry hire her daughter also

4. What did Florence Lett's daughter look like and what was she wearing during her mother's visit to Lamb House?
(a) She was a red-head in a bright green dress.
(b) She was ordinary-looking with dark hair and a red dress
(c) She was beautiful, fair with blue eyes and a blue dress.
(d) She was a dark-skinned brunette in a white dress.

5. What did Florence Letts' daughter do that touched Henry?
(a) She spoke of her love for animals.
(b) She told him he was kind and compared him to her father.
(c) She was very loving to her mother.
(d) She embraced him and fell asleep in his lap.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Henry introduce Constance in Florence?

2. What does Henry seek to correct about the American girls he tours Paris with?

3. What place in Rome do Henry and Hendrik visit together?

4. Who was Mr. Webster?

5. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

(see the answer key)

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