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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats tell Gosse about Oscar Wilde's house and family?
(a) his house was small and unimposing, his family unattractive
(b) his house was ordinary, his family introverted and fearful
(c) his house, wife and children were warm, perfect and beautiful
(d) his house was forbidding, his wife and children ordinary

2. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?
(a) She became deathly ill and was hospitalized.
(b) She stayed in her bedroom and mourned.
(c) She rallied and tried to be the mother of the house.
(d) She had a nervous breakdown.

3. What was the name of the only child at the Hospital?
(a) Mary
(b) Minny
(c) Marilyn
(d) Mona

4. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?
(a) for war victims
(b) for the general population of Dublin
(c) for the noble inhabitants of Dublin
(d) for old British soldiers of the seventeenth century

5. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?
(a) that Henry should be treated like royalty
(b) that Henry isn't capable of taking care of himself
(c) that Henry likes to be waited on hand and foot
(d) that it will be a match since they're both homosexuals

6. What situation leads Henry to compose a new story?
(a) Henry's experience when sleeping with Holmes
(b) Minny's courageous defense of her opinions
(c) His father's outgrageous outburst against women
(d) Holmes, Gray and himself seeking Minny's affection

7. Who did Gosse say would produce unwashed boys to give evidence against Wilde?
(a) Douglas's father
(b) a newspaper reporter
(c) Lady Wolseley
(d) Sturges

8. In Chapter 1 where did Henry's dream take place?
(a) England
(b) New England
(c) America
(d) Italy

9. What was Minny Temple like?
(a) demure and domestic
(b) serious and shy
(c) light, curious, fresh and spontaneous
(d) unfriendly and unlikable

10. Where did Henry , Alice and Aunt Kate visit together when Alice was suffering from hysteria?
(a) Geneva
(b) Rome
(c) Venice
(d) Boston

11. What upsets Henry the most when visiting the Wolseleys?
(a) The young daughter of one of the guests is ignored.
(b) It's bitterly cold in his room
(c) The servants are mistreated.
(d) The horses in the stables are starving.

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

13. What had Hammond been before he was employed by the Wolseleys?
(a) a servant at Dublin Castle
(b) an actor
(c) an army corporal
(d) a lieutenant in the army

14. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?
(a) She had no appetite and was constantly urged to eat.
(b) She was asked by her parents to tell about her day.
(c) She didn't like being with the family but wanted to be alone.
(d) Bob and Wilky teased her and left her defenseless.

15. How did the audience like Henry's play?
(a) They were indifferent.
(b) They loved it.
(c) They booed it and disliked it.
(d) They were luke warm about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?

2. When was the worst time for Alice when she had her most severe nervous breakdown?

3. What idea for a story comes to Henry while riding to dinner at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?

5. Who was Lord Houghton?

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