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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. How did Oscar Wilde describe Christ's life?
(a) As a moving song.
(b) As a tragic drama.
(c) As the greatest of poems.
(d) As an iconic sculpture.

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

3. How did Oscar Wilde do on the School's Examinations in 1878?
(a) He took first place.
(b) He did not pass.
(c) He only passed the divinity exams.
(d) He took second place.

4. When does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1882.

5. Which direction does Oscar Wilde's lecturing tour travel in?
(a) From the north to the south and then west and north before returning to the east.
(b) From the east coast to the west coast and back.
(c) From the south to the northeast and back to the south.
(d) From the northeast, west through Canada to the West Coast, and south again before returing east.

Short Answer Questions

1. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?

2. How does Oscar Wilde arrive in America?

3. Where did Oscar Wilde travel after he was released from Reading jail?

4. What was Oscar Wilde's clothing like in prison?

5. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?

(see the answer key)

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