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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. When did Henry James Senior die?
(a) four years after his wife died
(b) within a year after his wife died
(c) ten years after his wife died
(d) three years after his wife died

2. Where was Oscar Wilde's play held?
(a) Coventry
(b) St. George's Theatre
(c) the Haymarket
(d) the Royal theatre

3. What mutual friend became the topic of conversation between Gosse and Henry after the trial?
(a) Yeats
(b) George Bernard Shaw
(c) John Addington Symonds
(d) Sturges

4. How did Henry like to be seen as a writer by people?
(a) as a playwright not a novelist
(b) as a writer who would be known as a genius in the future
(c) as a noble, selfless non-materialist devoted to his art
(d) as a popular, rich success

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Lord Houghton?

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

4. What had Hammond been before he was employed by the Wolseleys?

5. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?

(see the answer key)

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