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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?
(a) Wilde's cousin
(b) Henry's friend and patron
(c) a homosexual friend who slept with Wilde's boys after he did
(d) Lord Wolseley's cousin

4. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?
(a) Portrait of a Lady
(b) Guy Domville
(c) Daisy Miller
(d) Civil War Nightmare

5. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?
(a) He felt at home and wished he too were nobility.
(b) He loved the distraction of the many balls.
(c) He was impressed by the pomp and grandeur of it.
(d) He found it a weariness to flesh and spirit alike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?

2. Who was Minny Temple?

3. For whom had the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham been built?

4. How many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?

5. How did the audience like Henry's play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Webster and how does he interact with Henry?

2. Describe the mutual friend, John Addington Symonds, whom Henry and Gosse discuss after the trial.

3. What is the plot of the novel Henry writes at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What English locale entrances Henry and what is it like?

5. Where does Henry find an inspiration for a story?

6. What does Holmes talk about with Henry's brother, William, and not with Henry?

7. Who was Gus Barker?

8. What did Henry long for after observing the people at the ball?

9. Describe who visits him at eleven o'clock.

10. What is his play GUY DOMVILLE about?

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