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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: February 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?
(a) Mona
(b) Marilyn
(c) Minny
(d) Mary

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

3. How did Henry treat the actors in his play?
(a) He spoiled them with hampers of food.
(b) He criticized their acting ability.
(c) He complemented their acting ability constantly.
(d) He ignored them.

4. Where was Henry's play held?
(a) Covent Gardens
(b) Price Albert's Theatre
(c) St. James Theatre
(d) the Haymarket

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the audience like Henry's play?

2. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?

3. What did Hammond look like?

4. What was the adjective one of the Wolseleys' guests used over and over again in discussing the characters in Henry's novels and in George Eliot's novels.

5. Who led Henry onto the stage after the play?

(see the answer key)

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