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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. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?
(a) obituaries and death notices
(b) newspaper articles
(c) wedding announcements
(d) tombstones

2. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?
(a) a prim English woman
(b) a nurse
(c) a novelist
(d) a clergyman

3. Who was Henry's lost homosexual love?
(a) Lionel
(b) Peter
(c) Paul
(d) Eric

4. Where was Oscar Wilde's play held?
(a) the Royal theatre
(b) St. George's Theatre
(c) the Haymarket
(d) Coventry

5. What had intrigued John Addington Symonds?
(a) fairytales
(b) Greek ethics, love between men
(c) Italy and its beauty
(d) Baroque art and music

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?

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. What is the dilemma of the main character in Henry's play?

(see the answer key)

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