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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 is the name of the scholarship Oscar Wilde won to Oxford?
(a) Balyship.
(b) Demyship.
(c) Fellowship.
(d) Assistantship.

2. What defines Oscar Wilde's style?
(a) Conservative views.
(b) Perverse humor.
(c) Epigrammatic wit.
(d) Exotic pets.

3. Which American writer found Oscar Wilde to be contemptuous?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Stephen Crane.
(c) William Dean Howells.
(d) Henry James.

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

5. What does Ellman give as a possible reason for Wilde's dislike for sports?
(a) Wilde had an early childhood disease which deformed him.
(b) Wilde was trampled in a soccer game.
(c) Wilde broke his arm twice.
(d) Wilde was bullied by older boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robert Harborough Sherard's first impression of Oscar Wilde?

2. Which of Oscar Wilde's friends tried to discount Wilde's importance?

3. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde work with on road-building and beautification projects?

4. What is the plot of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?

5. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?

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