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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. How many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?
(a) two girls
(b) a boy and a girl
(c) two boys
(d) two boys and a girl

2. When was the worst time for Alice when she had her most severe nervous breakdown?
(a) when she was staying in London
(b) when she was traveling in Italy
(c) before and just after William's marriage
(d) when she returned to New England

3. Who are some of Henry's friends who attended the play?
(a) Minny, Constance and Hammond
(b) Paul, Peter and Eric
(c) Hammond, Littlefield and Philip Smith
(d) Sargent, Gosse and Philip Burne-Jones

4. What idea for a story comes to Henry while riding to dinner at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) the story of an Irish princess falling in love with an Englishman
(b) the story of the affection of an orphaned brother and sister
(c) the story of an ill girl who has hallucinations
(d) the story of an American family in England

5. What did the emerging story idea do for Henry?
(a) filled him with fear that he couldn't bring it off
(b) inspired him to turn it into a play
(c) gave him the hope he might make a lot of money
(d) lifted him out of gloom and filled him with hope for his writing

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Aunt Kate say Alice would marry?

2. What did Henry base the story he wrote at the end of Chapter 4 on?

3. Where was Henry's play held?

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

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

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