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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: May 1896.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Henry treat the actors in his play?
(a) He spoiled them with hampers of food.
(b) He ignored them.
(c) He complemented their acting ability constantly.
(d) He criticized their acting ability.

2. What had William Dean Howells told Sturges during their meeting in Paris?
(a) that Sturges should live and be glad of it while he was young
(b) that he was ready finally to have a romantic fling
(c) that he didn't like Paris as well as London
(d) that he was ashamed to be a homosexual

3. What did Gosse say Wilde's children looked like?
(a) beggar children
(b) leprechauns
(c) angels
(d) hoodlums

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

5. Who was it who told a ghost story to Henry which intrigued him?
(a) his aunt Kate
(b) the archbishop of Canterbury
(c) his father
(d) his friend Benson

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gosse say would produce unwashed boys to give evidence against Wilde?

2. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?

3. With whom had Sturges met to discuss Oscar Wilde's trial?

4. What is the title of Henry's play which is having its premiere?

5. How did the distinguished guest of the Jameses embarrass and shame Alice?

(see the answer key)

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