View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: April 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?
(a) in an old mansion in New York
(b) in the past in England
(c) in a remote house on the rocks in Newport
(d) in the present in New England

2. How did the audience like Henry's play?
(a) They were indifferent.
(b) They were luke warm about it.
(c) They booed it and disliked it.
(d) They loved it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?

2. How many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?

3. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?

4. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?

5. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 308 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample