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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. What trend was creating a scandal at Oxford University in 1875?
(a) Abolition.
(b) Irish nationalism.
(c) Anti-Catholicism.
(d) Homosexuality.

2. How long does Oscar Wilde stay in America after he finishes his lecture series?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two and a half months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) A year.

3. What profession does Oscar Wilde take up in order to supplement his wife's income?
(a) Publishing.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Lecturing.
(d) Journalism.

4. Which intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?
(a) Pater.
(b) Ruskin.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Mill.

5. What were the gate receipts for Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America?
(a) $2,571.
(b) $1,211.
(c) $452.
(d) $81.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Oscar Wilde handle the disruption of his Harvard lecture?

2. When did Oscar Wilde return to Paris?

3. How does Oscar Wilde spend money?

4. Which item is part of each course during the dinner Oscar Wilde has in Leadville, Colorado?

5. What was the punishment for homosexuality in England in the late 1800s?

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