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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, A Late Victorian Love Affair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Oscar Wilde marry?
(a) Marie Prescott.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Lillie Langtry.
(d) Constance Lloyd.

2. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first public lecture in America?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

3. What was Oscar Wilde's primary challenge in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) To join Phi Beta Kappa.
(b) To join the Freemasons.
(c) To pass the Honour Moderations.
(d) To pass the School's Examinations.

4. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?
(a) Between Irish and English man.
(b) Between reflective and pragmatic man.
(c) Between man and superman.
(d) Between aesthetic and ethical man.

5. Who cables Oscar Wilde with an invitation to lecture?
(a) President Garfield.
(b) James McNeill Whistler.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Richard D'Oyly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American writer found Oscar Wilde to be contemptuous?

2. When does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

3. Why was "Salome" not performed?

4. Which intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?

5. What does Ellman give as a possible reason for Wilde's dislike for sports?

(see the answer key)

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