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

2. What did Henry think of Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?
(a) He thought it was boring.
(b) He thought it was feeble and vulgar.
(c) He thought it was clever and amusing.
(d) He thought it was too intellectual.

3. What did Henry do after the play ended?
(a) slunk home in disgrace
(b) waited in the shadows then returned bravely to face the actors
(c) sat on a park bench half the night
(d) visited the nearest pub and got drunk

4. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?
(a) She stayed in her bedroom and mourned.
(b) She became deathly ill and was hospitalized.
(c) She rallied and tried to be the mother of the house.
(d) She had a nervous breakdown.

5. Who is the love of Oscar Wilde's life?
(a) Bosie
(b) John
(c) his wife
(d) Yeats

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Henry the most when visiting the Wolseleys?

2. What did Gosse say Wilde's children looked like?

3. When Henry decides to write his own version of the ghost story, where does he finally decide it should take place?

4. Describe Alice, Henry's younger sister.

5. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?

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