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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. Who cables Oscar Wilde with an invitation to lecture?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Richard D'Oyly.
(c) James McNeill Whistler.
(d) President Garfield.

2. What play was Oscar Wilde writing in 1894?
(a) "The Importance of Being Earnest."
(b) "Lady Windermere's Fan."
(c) "A Woman of No Importance."
(d) "Guido Ferranti."

3. How does Oscar Wilde's wife handle the news of Wilde's homosexuality?
(a) She divorced him because of it.
(b) She tried to cure him.
(c) She discussed it openly.
(d) She ignored it.

4. What was Oscar Wilde's reaction to the attacks that were made on him?
(a) He sued his attackers for slander.
(b) He skipped his Baltimore speaking engagement.
(c) He responded with vitriolic wit.
(d) He appealed to Bishop Manning for help.

5. Oscar Wilde's mother was a strong supporter of which political cause?
(a) Abolition of slavery.
(b) Irish nationalism.
(c) Anti-colonialism.
(d) Women's rights.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Oscar Wilde move in when he goes to Paris?

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

4. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?

5. What brought about Oscar Wilde's first trial?

(see the answer key)

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