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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: October 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was George Gammon?
(a) a local storekeeper whom Henry especially liked
(b) a local gardener who Henry hired
(c) Henry's butler at Lamb House
(d) Henry's cook at Lamb House

2. What English locale did Henry fall in love with?
(a) Rye
(b) Cornwall
(c) Brighton Beach
(d) Nottingham

3. Who was the person Alice disliked and lived below her in London?
(a) a clergyman
(b) a prim English woman
(c) a novelist
(d) a nurse

4. Who did Henry meet in Paris in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Rosina and Bay Emmet
(b) Rosalind and Betty Emmet
(c) Lucinda and Mary Emmet
(d) Lucy and Marilyn Emmet

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where had Henry found some of the names he used in his novels?

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

4. Where was Henry's play held?

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

(see the answer key)

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