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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, 'I Am the Prosecutor in This Case'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How well was Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America received?
(a) With warm applause.
(b) With hostile jeering.
(c) With standing ovations.
(d) With spirited debate among the audience.

2. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first public lecture in America?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

4. How did Oscar Wilde feel about his dialogue with William Butler Yeats?
(a) Impressed with the nature of life and art.
(b) Depressed about the prospect of getting old.
(c) Repulsed by the presence of myth in literature.
(d) Satisfied with the decay of art and culture.

5. With which American writer does Oscar Wilde meet in Philadelphia while he is making his first set of American lectures?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Margaret Fuller.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's column in Women's World Magazine?

2. How did Oscar Wilde's first trial turn out?

3. What did Oscar Wilde's lover do to change Wilde's mind before the first trial?

4. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first lecture in America?

5. Where is Oscar Wilde invited to lecture?

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