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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. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?
(a) Arnold.
(b) Ruskin.
(c) Pater.
(d) Mill.

2. What was Oscar Wilde's daily routine in prison?
(a) Long talks with fellow prisoners.
(b) Hard work with meager rations.
(c) Solitary confinement and starvation rations.
(d) Long days writing.

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

4. What kind of run does "Vera" have in America?
(a) Short and disappointing.
(b) Unspectacular, but moderately successful.
(c) Long and successful.
(d) Short but meteoric.

5. What actions led to prosecution of homosexuals in England?
(a) Agitation by Oxford students to legitimize homosexuality.
(b) The scandalous case of the Marquis of Queensberry.
(c) Anti-homosexual protests and riots.
(d) The election of a more conservative government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Oscar Wilde arrested?

2. How do Oscar Wilde's spending habits change when he gets married?

3. When does Oscar Wilde marry?

4. Why does Oscar Wilde linger in America after he completes his lectures?

5. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?

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