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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: October 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the famous mother of Maud Elliot?
(a) Sarah Emma Edmond
(b) Julia Ward Howe
(c) Mary Jane Patterson
(d) Clara Barton

3. What was Henry's brother, William, like?
(a) He was quiet and intellectual
(b) He was shy and retiring
(c) He was exuberant, strong and popular
(d) He was a sickly boy

4. What had happened when Henry walked with his father on the beach in Boulogne?
(a) His father watched a female bather too intensely.
(b) Henry saved a drowning girl.
(c) Henry fell in love with the city of Boulogne.
(d) He and his father bonded for the first time.

5. How many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?
(a) two girls
(b) a boy and a girl
(c) two boys and a girl
(d) two boys

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?

3. What did William want to be at first?

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

5. What did Bob want to do?

(see the answer key)

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