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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. How does Oscar Wilde's wife handle the news of Wilde's homosexuality?
(a) She tried to cure him.
(b) She discussed it openly.
(c) She divorced him because of it.
(d) She ignored it.

2. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's first play?
(a) "The Importance of Being Earnest."
(b) "The Duchess of Padua."
(c) "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."
(d) "Vera."

3. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1874.

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

5. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?
(a) Kattabos.
(b) Oxford Review.
(c) Dublin University Magazine.
(d) London Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?

2. When does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

3. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?

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

5. When does Oscar Wilde graduate from Oxford?

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