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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?
(a) June 29, 1899.
(b) May 12, 1888.
(c) April 26, 1895.
(d) March 10, 1875.

2. How old was F. Scott Fitzgerald when he died?
(a) 35.
(b) 44.
(c) 51.
(d) 49.

3. What is the author's mother's middle name?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Augusta.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Anne.

4. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?
(a) Petruchio.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Mr. Darcy.

5. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) Washington Square.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes her childhood home as being built in a brief moment of wealth from the lumber industry in what year?

2. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?

3. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?

4. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?

5. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?

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