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

2. What did Henry like about Holmes Jr.?
(a) his intellectuality and solemness
(b) his wordiness and bursts of sermon-like phrases
(c) his steadfast friendship
(d) his honesty and forthrightness

3. How did Henry treat the actors in his play?
(a) He ignored them.
(b) He criticized their acting ability.
(c) He spoiled them with hampers of food.
(d) He complemented their acting ability constantly.

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

5. What did Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial?
(a) moved to Switzerland with her children and changed her name
(b) denounced him in an article in the London Times
(c) came to London to stand by him
(d) committed suicide

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the adjective one of the Wolseleys' guests used over and over again in discussing the characters in Henry's novels and in George Eliot's novels.

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

4. What English locale did Henry fall in love with?

5. Who is the love of Oscar Wilde's life?

(see the answer key)

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