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

2. Who is Archibald Forbes?
(a) A war journalist.
(b) Oscar Wilde's agent.
(c) One of Oscar Wilde's lovers.
(d) An American art critic.

3. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?
(a) Sixty students lampooned his style.
(b) A fight broke out between aestheticians.
(c) Oscar Wilde was chased off the stage by angry students.
(d) Unruly students rode horses through the lecture hall.

4. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1883.

5. How does Oscar Wilde return to England from America?
(a) With fame, but little money.
(b) Rich with American dollars.
(c) In poverty.
(d) On his own boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas' father?

2. Where did Oscar Wilde go for homosexual sex?

3. Which direction does Oscar Wilde's lecturing tour travel in?

4. How did Oscar Wilde set the stage for his own prosecution?

5. Who is the central character in Oscar Wilde's play "Salome"?

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