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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. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?
(a) that Henry likes to be waited on hand and foot
(b) that it will be a match since they're both homosexuals
(c) that Henry isn't capable of taking care of himself
(d) that Henry should be treated like royalty

2. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?
(a) His loyalty would lie with the United States.
(b) He was indifferent.
(c) His loyalty would lie with Great Britain.
(d) His loyalty would lie in making peace between them.

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

4. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?
(a) for the general population of Dublin
(b) for old British soldiers of the seventeenth century
(c) for war victims
(d) for the noble inhabitants of Dublin

5. What did Henry's father say that Minny took exception to?
(a) He said women were inferior in intellect and physical strength.
(b) He was against abolition
(c) He was critical of his sons and daughter.
(d) He didn't like animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Henry heard about Oscar Wilde's parents?

3. In what century is the play set?

4. What news did Henry's friends, Jonathan Sturges and Edmond Gosse, bring him?

5. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?

(see the answer key)

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