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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. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?
(a) the archbishop of Canterbury
(b) his aunt Kate
(c) his friend Benson
(d) his father

2. 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.
(a) intelligent
(b) blank
(c) sensitive
(d) boring

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

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

5. Who are the two relatives who appear in Henry's dream?
(a) his father and his brother William
(b) his brother, Wilky and his brother Bob
(c) his cousin, Minny, and his mother
(d) his Mother and his Aunt Kate

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

2. What had intrigued John Addington Symonds?

3. Who was Mr. Webster?

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

5. Where did Henry's story appear in print?

(see the answer key)

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