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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 was Oscar Wilde's mother's name before she changed it?
(a) Melissa Banks.
(b) Jane Elgee.
(c) Martha Shepard.
(d) Constance Larue.

2. Where did Oscar Wilde take a rest cure?
(a) Chamonix.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Bad Homburg.
(d) Aix.

3. What is Oscar Wilde's father's name?
(a) Alexander Wilde.
(b) Randolph Hearst Wilde.
(c) William Robert Wilde.
(d) Richard Matthew Wilde.

4. Who replaced Oscar Wilde as James McNeill Whistler's favorite in Wilde's absence?
(a) The Duchess of Padua.
(b) Lillie Langtry.
(c) Rennell Rodd.
(d) Archibald Forbes.

5. Who does Oscar Wilde live with immediately after he graduates from Oxford?
(a) Robert Osborn.
(b) Frank Miles.
(c) William Langtry.
(d) Keith Balcombe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?

2. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?

3. Oscar Wilde decorated his room with pictures of whom?

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

5. How well was Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America received?

(see the answer key)

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