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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the audience like Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?
(a) They were bored with it.
(b) They hated it.
(c) They loved it.
(d) They were shocked by it.

2. 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

3. Who led Henry onto the stage after the play?
(a) Gosse
(b) Peter
(c) Paul
(d) Alexander

4. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?
(a) a boy and his younger sister
(b) two girls and their younger brother
(c) three young sisters
(d) two young brothers

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who visits Henry in the first chapter?

3. What did Henry do after the play ended?

4. What was Symonds's wife like?

5. What did Henry think of Oscar Wilde's play, AN IDEAL HUSBAND?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Alice's father died within a year after her mother's death?

2. What does Oscar Wilde's wife do because of the scandal and trial of Wilde?

3. Describe who visits him at eleven o'clock.

4. How did Alice react to her mother's death?

5. Who is Mr. Webster and how does he interact with Henry?

6. What was Symonds' wife like?

7. Describe Minny Temple, Henry's cousin.

8. What inspires Henry to return to his writing with vigor in the beginning of Chapter 4?

9. What does Henry discover about Alice when they're caught in the rain in Newport?

10. What is his play GUY DOMVILLE about?

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