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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. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?
(a) He was Catholic.
(b) He was under twenty-one.
(c) He was Irish.
(d) He was Protestant.

2. Which American writer found Oscar Wilde to be contemptuous?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Stephen Crane.
(c) Henry James.
(d) William Dean Howells.

3. When does Oscar Wilde marry?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1884.

4. When was Oscar Wilde first released from prison?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1893.

5. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first lecture in America?
(a) Dickinson Hall.
(b) Broadway Theatre.
(c) Chickering Hall.
(d) Buell Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play was Oscar Wilde writing in 1894?

2. What religion is Oscar Wilde first baptized into?

3. How did Oscar Wilde feel about his dialogue with William Butler Yeats?

4. What does Oscar Wilde do for work immediately after he graduates from Oxford?

5. How was "A Woman of No Importance" received?

(see the answer key)

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