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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: May 1896.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Henry go on the opening night of his play?
(a) He attended Oscar Wilde's new play.
(b) He went to the opera.
(c) He went to a restaurant and drank.
(d) He went for a walk in the park.

3. In Chapter 1 where did Henry's dream take place?
(a) New England
(b) Italy
(c) England
(d) America

4. What did Henry base the story he wrote at the end of Chapter 4 on?
(a) a couple like the Symondses and their beloved son
(b) Oscar Wilde's trial
(c) his friends, Sturges and Gosse
(d) Oscar Wilde's wife and children

5. What did the emerging story idea do for Henry?
(a) filled him with fear that he couldn't bring it off
(b) gave him the hope he might make a lot of money
(c) lifted him out of gloom and filled him with hope for his writing
(d) inspired him to turn it into a play

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?

2. What did Henry think of Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?

3. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

4. Who is John Gray?

5. How does Webster insult Henry at dinner?

(see the answer key)

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