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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: March 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Alice, Henry's sister, have done about the predicament with the Smiths?
(a) been sympathetic and understanding of his actions
(b) sympathized with the Smiths and urged him not to fire them
(c) laughed uproariously and made him describe the Smiths
(d) told him to dismiss them at once

2. What would his friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, have done about the Smiths?
(a) dismissed them at the first sign of inebriation
(b) persuaded them to go without rancor, or to reform
(c) made it so unpleasant for them they would want to leave
(d) let them stay on and would have hoped for the best

3. What was Henry's friend, Lily Norton, like?
(a) a charming though shallow woman
(b) a shy, introverted wallflower of a woman
(c) a beautiful , charismatic woman who would marry well
(d) had a commanding, graceful presence and keen intelligence

4. What had Henry purchases before he left London?
(a) a bicycle
(b) a walking cane
(c) a new writing desk
(d) a fashionable summer suit

5. Who is the love of Oscar Wilde's life?
(a) Yeats
(b) Bosie
(c) John
(d) his wife

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the only child guest at the Royal hospital dressed for the costume ball?

2. What mutual friend became the topic of conversation between Gosse and Henry after the trial?

3. Who was George Gammon?

4. What did Henry answer when Hammond asked where his loyalty would lie if there were a war between Great Britain and the U.S.?

5. What did Florence Letts' daughter do that touched Henry?

(see the answer key)

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