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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 in debt.
(b) He was expelled from school
(c) He was openly homosexual.
(d) He was still a student.

2. How does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
(a) As a playwright, with his first play.
(b) As a personality, through conversation with James McNeill Whistler.
(c) As the son of a rich and famous mother.
(d) As an art critic, through his writing in the London art papers.

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

4. When did Oscar Wilde return to Paris?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1891.

5. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?
(a) Oscar Wilde's mother.
(b) Oscar Wilde's father.
(c) Florence Balcombe.
(d) James McNeill Whistler.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Oscar Wilde finish "The Duchess of Padua"?

3. How does Oscar Wilde return to England from America?

4. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?

5. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?

(see the answer key)

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