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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, Prisoner at Large.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Oscar Wilde's relationship with Major Nelson?
(a) Nelson was the judge who sentenced Wilde to prison.
(b) Nelson was the first publisher to print Wilde's plays.
(c) Nelson was a warden who came to like Wilde.
(d) Nelson was Wilde's lover.

2. What disturbing scene does Oscar Wilde witness before leaving Reading jail?
(a) A soldier went insane after a flogging.
(b) One prisoner beat another prisoner to death.
(c) A mob of prisoners were beaten by guards.
(d) Prisoners were executed for rioting.

3. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?
(a) He did not know enough about Catholicism yet.
(b) He distrusted Catholic priests.
(c) He was afraid of being written out of his father's will.
(d) He was afraid of eternal damnation.

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

5. Whose house does Oscar Wilde move out of while his first play is being prepared?
(a) James McNeill Whistler's.
(b) Frank Miles'.
(c) Lillie Langtry's.
(d) His mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?

2. How well had Oscar Wilde's studies prepared him for Oxford?

3. How long does Oscar Wilde stay in America after he finishes his lecture series?

4. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?

5. What play was Oscar Wilde writing in 1894?

(see the answer key)

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