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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Mr. and Mrs. Wilde.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?
(a) He was Protestant.
(b) He was Irish.
(c) He was under twenty-one.
(d) He was Catholic.

3. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?
(a) Eva Fidelia.
(b) Speranza Francesca.
(c) Jane Thompson.
(d) Florence Balcombe.

4. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?
(a) To lose his Irish accent.
(b) To publish in a literary review.
(c) To finish at the top of his class.
(d) To hide his homosexuality.

5. As Oscar Wilde watched how the French interpreted aestheticism, what did he see coming from aesthetic ideas?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Decadence.
(d) Materialism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Oscar Wilde win in 1878?

3. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?

4. When does Oscar Wilde marry?

5. Which feat did Oscar Wilde claim to be capable of?

(see the answer key)

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