Oscar Wilde Quiz Questions | Quiz: Chapter 8, Countering the Renaissance to Chapter 9, Two Kinds of Stage

Quiz: Chapter 8, Countering the Renaissance to Chapter 9, Two Kinds of Stage

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. How does Oscar Wilde make money during his courtship of his wife?
a) Lectures.
b) Ticket sales from the production of The Duchess of Padua.
c) Ticket sales from the production of Vera.
d) Book sales.

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

3. Whom does Oscar Wilde marry?
a) Constance Lloyd.
b) Sarah Bernhardt.
c) Lillie Langtry.
d) Marie Prescott.

4. How does Robert Harborough Sherard's impression of Oscar Wilde change once he gets to know him?
a) He realized that Wilde was an impostor and...
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