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

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

3. Where was Henry's play held?
(a) the Haymarket
(b) Price Albert's Theatre
(c) St. James Theatre
(d) Covent Gardens

4. Who was Henry's lost homosexual love?
(a) Eric
(b) Peter
(c) Paul
(d) Lionel

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Henry like the court at Dublin Castle?

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

4. Where did Henry go on the opening night of his play?

5. What did the emerging story idea do for Henry?

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