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

2. Who was Hammond?
(a) Henry's manservant at the Royal Hospital
(b) Henry's cousin
(c) One of Lord Wolseley's guests
(d) Henry's lost love from the past

3. What had Henry heard about Oscar Wilde's parents?
(a) Wilde's parents had disowned him for being homosexual.
(b) His mother was mad or revolutionary , his father a philanderer.
(c) His mother was a lesbian, his father a homosexual
(d) His parents were of the Irish nobility.

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

5. How many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?
(a) two girls
(b) a boy and a girl
(c) two boys and a girl
(d) two boys

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?

2. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?

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

4. What did the emerging story idea do for Henry?

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

(see the answer key)

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