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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. What did Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial?
(a) committed suicide
(b) moved to Switzerland with her children and changed her name
(c) denounced him in an article in the London Times
(d) came to London to stand by him

2. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?
(a) Lady Wolseley
(b) George Bernard Shaw
(c) Wilde's parents
(d) Lord Wolseley

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

4. What did Henry do after the play ended?
(a) slunk home in disgrace
(b) sat on a park bench half the night
(c) visited the nearest pub and got drunk
(d) waited in the shadows then returned bravely to face the actors

5. What mutual friend became the topic of conversation between Gosse and Henry after the trial?
(a) Yeats
(b) Sturges
(c) George Bernard Shaw
(d) John Addington Symonds

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?

2. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?

3. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?

4. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?

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

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