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

2. How does Oscar Wilde return to England from America?
(a) In poverty.
(b) With fame, but little money.
(c) On his own boat.
(d) Rich with American dollars.

3. How common was homosexuality in late-Victorian London?
(a) Common enough that Oscar Wilde had no trouble finding partners.
(b) Not common enough that Oscar Wilde had an easy time finding partners.
(c) Not common at all, and Oscar Wilde was a pariah for being homosexual.
(d) It was so common that no one seemed to care that he was homosexual.

4. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) Flu.

5. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1891.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?

2. Who brings Oscar Wilde out of his artistic doldrums after he is released from Reading jail?

3. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?

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

5. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?

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