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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. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?
(a) in the past in England
(b) in a remote house on the rocks in Newport
(c) in the present in New England
(d) in an old mansion in New York

2. What had William Dean Howells told Sturges during their meeting in Paris?
(a) that he didn't like Paris as well as London
(b) that Sturges should live and be glad of it while he was young
(c) that he was ready finally to have a romantic fling
(d) that he was ashamed to be a homosexual

3. Who was Henry's lost homosexual love?
(a) Eric
(b) Lionel
(c) Peter
(d) Paul

4. Who are the two relatives who appear in Henry's dream?
(a) his Mother and his Aunt Kate
(b) his father and his brother William
(c) his brother, Wilky and his brother Bob
(d) his cousin, Minny, and his mother

5. Who helps Henry pick out furnishings for his house in Rye?
(a) Lady Wolseley
(b) hit aunt Kate
(c) Gosse
(d) Sturges

Short Answer Questions

1. What peculiar physical mannerism did Mrs. Florence Lett exhibit as she sat in Henry's drawing room?

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

3. What did Yeats tell Gosse about Oscar Wilde's house and family?

4. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?

5. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?

(see the answer key)

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