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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. In what century is the play set?
(a) sixteenth century
(b) eighteenth century
(c) nineteenth century
(d) seventeenth century

2. When did Henry James Senior die?
(a) three years after his wife died
(b) four years after his wife died
(c) ten years after his wife died
(d) within a year after his wife died

3. With what poet's sister did Henry compare Alice?
(a) Lydia Shelly
(b) Dorothy Wordsworth
(c) Emily Keats
(d) Mary Burns

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

5. Who is the love of Oscar Wilde's life?
(a) his wife
(b) Yeats
(c) John
(d) Bosie

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?

2. What was Henry's brother, William, like?

3. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?

4. What had Henry heard about Oscar Wilde's parents?

5. What upsets Henry the most when visiting the Wolseleys?

(see the answer key)

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