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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Hellenizing Paris.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Oscar Wilde shy away from marriage?
(a) He was expelled from school
(b) He was still a student.
(c) He was openly homosexual.
(d) He was in debt.

2. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?
(a) Eva Manning.
(b) Rupert Balcombe.
(c) Richard Williamson.
(d) David Hunter Blair.

3. What does Oscar Wilde do for work immediately after he graduates from Oxford?
(a) He taught at Oxford.
(b) He wrote art reviews.
(c) He edited the Encyclopedia Britannica.
(d) He lectured on aesthetics.

4. What does Oscar Wilde encourage Lillie Langtry to do?
(a) Become an actress.
(b) Become his lover.
(c) Move to Paris.
(d) Divorce her husband.

5. Who is Lillie Langtry?
(a) Oscar Wilde's good friend.
(b) Oscar Wilde's boss' wife.
(c) Oscar Wilde's roommate's girlfriend.
(d) Oscar Wilde's mother's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the central character in Oscar Wilde's play "Salome"?

2. How does Robert Harborough Sherard's impression of Oscar Wilde change once he gets to know him?

3. How did Oscar Wilde describe Christ's life?

4. How does Oscar Wilde's wife handle the news of Wilde's homosexuality?

5. What was Oscar Wilde studying for in the spring of 1876?

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