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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. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1912.

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

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

4. What kind of run does "Vera" have in America?
(a) Short but meteoric.
(b) Unspectacular, but moderately successful.
(c) Long and successful.
(d) Short and disappointing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

2. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?

3. Where did Oscar Wilde take a rest cure?

4. Why was "Salome" not performed?

5. Where did Oscar Wilde go for homosexual sex?

(see the answer key)

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