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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. Oscar Wilde moved in with an artist after he graduated from Oxford. What kind of art did this artist make?
(a) Bronze sculpture.
(b) Miniature street scenes.
(c) Female portraits.
(d) Surreal oil paintings.

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

3. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?
(a) He wrote Wilde's biography.
(b) He produced "The Duchess of Padua."
(c) He produced Wilde's first play.
(d) He published Wilde's first book.

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

5. What is the name of the man who attacked Oscar Wilde mercilessly during his American lectures?
(a) Archibald Forbes.
(b) Howard Taft.
(c) Walter Pater.
(d) John Rockefeller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?

2. What does Oscar Wilde's mother change her name to?

3. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?

4. How do Oscar Wilde's spending habits change when he gets married?

5. How does Oscar Wilde make money during his courtship of his wife?

(see the answer key)

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