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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 is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?
(a) Guy Domville
(b) Civil War Nightmare
(c) Portrait of a Lady
(d) Daisy Miller

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

3. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?
(a) his friend Benson
(b) his aunt Kate
(c) the archbishop of Canterbury
(d) his father

4. Who did Gosse say would produce unwashed boys to give evidence against Wilde?
(a) Douglas's father
(b) Sturges
(c) Lady Wolseley
(d) a newspaper reporter

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Oscar Wilde's play held?

2. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?

3. After Alice's arrival in England, what novel did Henry write that had a double portrait of her?

4. Where did Henry's story appear in print?

5. Who was Mr. Webster?

(see the answer key)

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