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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: March 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?
(a) that it will be a match since they're both homosexuals
(b) that Henry likes to be waited on hand and foot
(c) that Henry should be treated like royalty
(d) that Henry isn't capable of taking care of himself

2. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?
(a) She had a nervous breakdown.
(b) She became deathly ill and was hospitalized.
(c) She stayed in her bedroom and mourned.
(d) She rallied and tried to be the mother of the house.

3. What is the dilemma of the main character in Henry's play?
(a) whether to travel to America or remain in Europe
(b) whether to become a novelist or a businessman
(c) whether to marry his true love or marry a wealthy woman
(d) whether to carry on the family line or join a monastery

4. How did the audience like Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?
(a) They were bored with it.
(b) They hated it.
(c) They loved it.
(d) They were shocked by it.

5. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?
(a) her older brother William
(b) Charles Kingsley
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(d) Ned Lowell

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the worst time for Alice when she had her most severe nervous breakdown?

2. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?

3. How did Henry like to be seen as a writer by people?

4. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?

5. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?

(see the answer key)

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