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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, Prisoner at Large.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the public think of "Lady Windermere's Fan"?
(a) They loved it.
(b) They stopped seeing it after a few weeks.
(c) They hated it.
(d) They did not understand it.

2. Who is Colonel Isaacson?
(a) Oscar Wilde's lover.
(b) A strict disciplinarian at Reading jail.
(c) Oscar Wilde's barrister.
(d) A friend of Oscar Wilde's in London.

3. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?
(a) Between man and superman.
(b) Between reflective and pragmatic man.
(c) Between aesthetic and ethical man.
(d) Between Irish and English man.

4. How does Oscar Wilde spend money?
(a) Conservatively.
(b) Parsimoniously.
(c) Lavishly.
(d) Carelessly.

5. In which prison was Oscar Wilde first imprisoned?
(a) Wandsworth.
(b) Pentonville.
(c) Reading.
(d) Holloway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?

2. What did Oscar Wilde's lover do to change Wilde's mind before the first trial?

3. Oscar Wilde's debates with James McNeill Whistler are included in which of Wilde's works?

4. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?

5. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?

(see the answer key)

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