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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, 'I Am the Prosecutor in This Case'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the gate receipts for Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America?
(a) $452.
(b) $2,571.
(c) $1,211.
(d) $81.

2. What profession does Oscar Wilde take up in order to supplement his wife's income?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Publishing.
(d) Lecturing.

3. With which American writer does Oscar Wilde meet in Philadelphia while he is making his first set of American lectures?
(a) Margaret Fuller.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

4. What did Oscar Wilde consider doing before his first trial?
(a) Fleeing to Paris.
(b) Renouncing homosexuality.
(c) Withdrawing the charges.
(d) Filing additional charges.

5. What profession does Oscar Wilde give up in order to supplement his wife's income?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Lecturing.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Playwriting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Oscar Wilde publish in from 1887 to 1888?

2. Who cables Oscar Wilde with an invitation to lecture?

3. How well was Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America received?

4. What happens when Oscar Wilde tries to have his first play produced in America?

5. How did Oscar Wilde come across at his first trial?

(see the answer key)

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