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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Doomed Deferred.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state are Oscar Wilde and his wife's finances in when they marry?
(a) They were in debt because of Wilde's extravagant expenses.
(b) They were looking forward to making a fortune in investments.
(c) They were poor because of the bankruptcy of Wilde's wife's father.
(d) They were wealthy with a bequest from Wilde's mother.

2. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?
(a) Rupert Balcombe.
(b) David Hunter Blair.
(c) Eva Manning.
(d) Richard Williamson.

3. Who is Robert Ross?
(a) Oscar Wilde's homosexual lover.
(b) Oscar Wilde's mother's lawyer.
(c) Oscar Wilde's son.
(d) The director of "Vera."

4. As Oscar Wilde watched how the French interpreted aestheticism, what did he see coming from aesthetic ideas?
(a) Decadence.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Existentialism.
(d) Materialism.

5. Where did Oscar Wilde spend his term while he was waiting to return to school in October 1877?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Frankfurt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Oscar Wilde return to England from America?

3. When was Oscar Wilde first released from prison?

4. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?

5. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?

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