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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: April 1895.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?
(a) George Bernard Shaw
(b) Lord Wolseley
(c) Wilde's parents
(d) Lady Wolseley

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

5. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?
(a) her older brother William
(b) Charles Kingsley
(c) Ned Lowell
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the love of Oscar Wilde's life?

2. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?

3. With whom did Alice develop a close friendship after her parents died?

4. How did Henry like to be seen as a writer by people?

5. Where was Oscar Wilde's play held?

(see the answer key)

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