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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. Which of Oscar Wilde's friends tried to discount Wilde's importance?
(a) James McNeill Whistler.
(b) Robert Harborough Sherard.
(c) Marie Prescott.
(d) Rennell Rodd.

2. Where did Oscar Wilde go for homosexual sex?
(a) The quays.
(b) The parks in London.
(c) His home.
(d) Hotels.

3. What is the title Oscar Wilde gave to "The Duchess of Padua" when he produced it anonymously?
(a) "The Critic as Artist."
(b) "Lady Windermere's Fan."
(c) "The Importance of Being Earnest."
(d) "Guido Ferranti."

4. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's column in Women's World Magazine?
(a) "Notes from America."
(b) "Literary and Other Notes."
(c) "Literary News."
(d) "Notes from Paris."

5. What did the public think of "Lady Windermere's Fan"?
(a) They did not understand it.
(b) They hated it.
(c) They loved it.
(d) They stopped seeing it after a few weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which American writer does Oscar Wilde meet in Philadelphia while he is making his first set of American lectures?

2. What trend was creating a scandal at Oxford University in 1875?

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

4. What is Oscar Wilde's first publication?

5. Who is Archibald Forbes?

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