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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Pentonville, Wandsworth, and Reading.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Oscar Wilde's clothing like in prison?
(a) Dapper.
(b) Drab.
(c) Flamboyant.
(d) Coarse.

2. How did Oscar Wilde describe homosexuality in court?
(a) As a crime against nature.
(b) As the love that dare not speak its name.
(c) As the ideal art.
(d) As the perfection of love.

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

4. How many children do Oscar Wilde and his wife have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

5. What magazine does Oscar Wilde publish in from 1887 to 1888?
(a) Harper's Bazaar.
(b) The London Times.
(c) Pall Mall Gazette.
(d) Women's World.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?

2. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?

3. Where does Oscar Wilde go after his first trial?

4. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?

5. Who is Lord Alfred Douglas?

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