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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 was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?
(a) To finish at the top of his class.
(b) To lose his Irish accent.
(c) To publish in a literary review.
(d) To hide his homosexuality.

2. How does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
(a) As a personality, through conversation with James McNeill Whistler.
(b) As an art critic, through his writing in the London art papers.
(c) As the son of a rich and famous mother.
(d) As a playwright, with his first play.

3. Oscar Wilde's debates with James McNeill Whistler are included in which of Wilde's works?
(a) "The Duchess of Padua."
(b) "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
(c) "Personal Impressions of America."
(d) "The Importance of Being Earnest."

4. When does Oscar Wilde graduate from Oxford?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1877.

5. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?
(a) He produced Wilde's first play.
(b) He wrote Wilde's biography.
(c) He published Wilde's first book.
(d) He produced "The Duchess of Padua."

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Oscar Wilde finish "The Duchess of Padua"?

2. What defines Oscar Wilde's style?

3. In what year was Oscar Wilde born?

4. What is the title Oscar Wilde gave to "The Duchess of Padua" when he produced it anonymously?

5. How did Oscar Wilde alienate people?

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