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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. What county in Ireland had Henry's ancestors come from?
(a) Cork
(b) Kerry
(c) Cavan
(d) Tyrone

2. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?
(a) It was near and the people he visited hadn't seen his play.
(b) He loved the landscape.
(c) His ancestors had come from there.
(d) He wanted to write a novel about Ireland.

3. What famous novelist visited the Jameses in Paris?
(a) Thackery
(b) George Eliot
(c) Guy de Maupassant
(d) Balzac

4. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?
(a) a prim English woman
(b) a nurse
(c) a clergyman
(d) a novelist

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas?

2. What news did Henry's friends, Jonathan Sturges and Edmond Gosse, bring him?

3. How was the only child guest at the Royal hospital dressed for the costume ball?

4. In what century is the play set?

5. Who was Henry's lost homosexual love?

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