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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: March 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Mrs. Smith's sister now married?
(a) the cook at the Poet Laureate's
(b) the gardener for a rich man in a neighboring town
(c) the gardener for Mr. Austin at Ashford
(d) the gardener for Lord Tennyson

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

3. What was Minny Temple like?
(a) light, curious, fresh and spontaneous
(b) demure and domestic
(c) serious and shy
(d) unfriendly and unlikable

4. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?
(a) his cousin Minny
(b) an expatriate Russian princess
(c) his brother William
(d) Oscar Wilde

5. Who did Henry visit first after his play was a failure in London?
(a) William, his brother
(b) his Aunt Kate
(c) Lord Houghton
(d) Minny, his cousin

Short Answer Questions

1. What hadn't he done for a long time because of his painful hand?

2. How many children did Oscar Wilde have and what gender were they?

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

4. What situation leads Henry to compose a new story?

5. Who had once stayed in the guest room at Lamb House?

(see the answer key)

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