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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Pentonville, Wandsworth, and Reading.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Oscar Wilde's daughter's name?
(a) Vyvyan.
(b) Marie.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Constance.

2. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?
(a) Richard Williamson.
(b) Rupert Balcombe.
(c) Eva Manning.
(d) David Hunter Blair.

3. How does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
(a) As a playwright, with his first play.
(b) As a personality, through conversation with James McNeill Whistler.
(c) As an art critic, through his writing in the London art papers.
(d) As the son of a rich and famous mother.

4. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) Flu.
(b) Gonorrhea.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Syphilis.

5. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's first play?
(a) "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."
(b) "Vera."
(c) "The Duchess of Padua."
(d) "The Importance of Being Earnest."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Oscar Wilde marry?

2. What was Oscar Wilde's primary challenge in his fourth year at Oxford?

3. What did the public think of "Lady Windermere's Fan"?

4. How did prison affect Oscar Wilde's health?

5. When does Oscar Wilde finish "The Duchess of Padua"?

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