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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. For how long did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?
(a) A year.
(b) Half a year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three terms.

2. Who is Lord Alfred Douglas?
(a) Oscar Wilde's publisher.
(b) The father of Wilde's lover.
(c) Oscar Wilde's primary lover.
(d) Oscar Wilde's lawyer.

3. What was Oscar Wilde's father's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Obstetrician.
(c) Eye doctor.
(d) Politician.

4. How did Oscar Wilde set the stage for his own prosecution?
(a) He taunted society with openly homosexual writings.
(b) He was seen having sex in public.
(c) He enraged his lover's father.
(d) He alienated his supporters with cruel wit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How common was homosexuality in late-Victorian London?

2. When students disrupt one of Oscar Wilde's lectures, where does Oscar Wilde say the students have put their heads?

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

4. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?

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

(see the answer key)

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