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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: June 1898.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the producer and lead actor of Henry's play?
(a) Oscar
(b) Trevor
(c) Alexander
(d) William

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.
(a) boring
(b) intelligent
(c) sensitive
(d) blank

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

4. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?
(a) Wilde's parents
(b) Lady Wolseley
(c) George Bernard Shaw
(d) Lord Wolseley

5. What was the garden at Lamb House like?
(a) small with beautiful plantings
(b) well-tended but too large for Henry's needs
(c) neglected but with a great deal of promise
(d) medium-sized but the plantings weren't to Henry's liking

Short Answer Questions

1. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?

2. How did the audience like Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?

3. What did Wilky and Bob have in common?

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

5. What did Henry base the story he wrote at the end of Chapter 4 on?

(see the answer key)

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