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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, A Late Victorian Love Affair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1874.

2. What magazine does Oscar Wilde publish in from 1887 to 1888?
(a) Pall Mall Gazette.
(b) The London Times.
(c) Women's World.
(d) Harper's Bazaar.

3. How did Oscar Wilde handle the disruption of his Harvard lecture?
(a) He faced the crowd down with a cane as a weapon.
(b) He broke up the fight and resolved the quarrel.
(c) He took off his jacket to cover the streaker's nakedness.
(d) He outwitted the students by stealing the points they were lampooning him for.

4. What does Oscar Wilde's mother encourage him to do?
(a) Produce his plays in America.
(b) Marry a woman with money.
(c) Leave London for Paris.
(d) Write poetry instead of drama.

5. Which of Oscar Wilde's friends tried to discount Wilde's importance?
(a) Marie Prescott.
(b) Rennell Rodd.
(c) Robert Harborough Sherard.
(d) James McNeill Whistler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?

2. In what year was Oscar Wilde born?

3. Oscar Wilde moved in with an artist after he graduated from Oxford. What kind of art did this artist make?

4. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's column in Women's World Magazine?

5. Who is Lillie Langtry?

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