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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial?
(a) committed suicide
(b) moved to Switzerland with her children and changed her name
(c) came to London to stand by him
(d) denounced him in an article in the London Times

2. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?
(a) two girls and their younger brother
(b) three young sisters
(c) two young brothers
(d) a boy and his younger sister

3. What had Henry heard about Oscar Wilde's parents?
(a) His mother was mad or revolutionary , his father a philanderer.
(b) Wilde's parents had disowned him for being homosexual.
(c) His parents were of the Irish nobility.
(d) His mother was a lesbian, his father a homosexual

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

5. What part of Henry's body began to hurt him?
(a) his hand
(b) his arm
(c) his eyes
(d) his foot

6. What did Henry's father say that Minny took exception to?
(a) He was against abolition
(b) He was critical of his sons and daughter.
(c) He said women were inferior in intellect and physical strength.
(d) He didn't like animals.

7. With whom did Alice develop a close friendship after her parents died?
(a) her cousin Minny
(b) Mrs. Charles Kingsley
(c) Katherine Loring
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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

9. What profession did Henry's friend, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., have?
(a) judge
(b) soldier
(c) journalist
(d) physician

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

11. Who are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?
(a) Sargent, Gosse and Philip Burne-Jones
(b) Paul, Peter and Eric
(c) Hammond, Littlefield and Philip Smith
(d) Minny, Constance and Hammond

12. What did Henry base the story he wrote at the end of Chapter 4 on?
(a) Oscar Wilde's wife and children
(b) Oscar Wilde's trial
(c) a couple like the Symondses and their beloved son
(d) his friends, Sturges and Gosse

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

14. How did Alice behave when a young man came into the room?
(a) She became garrulous, shrill and uneasy.
(b) She made a point of ignoring the young man.
(c) She left the room immediately.
(d) She became extremely flirtatious.

15. Who was Mr. Webster?
(a) a servant at the Royal Hospital
(b) the cook at the Royal Hospital
(c) the MP, friend of Lady Wolseley and foe to Henry
(d) Lady Wolseley's nephew

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the two relatives who appear in Henry's dream?

3. In what century is the play set?

4. What did Henry like about Holmes Jr.?

5. What was Henry's brother, William, like?

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