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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 is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?
(a) Dublin University Magazine.
(b) London Times.
(c) Oxford Review.
(d) Kattabos.

2. What is Oscar Wilde's relationship with Major Nelson?
(a) Nelson was Wilde's lover.
(b) Nelson was the first publisher to print Wilde's plays.
(c) Nelson was the judge who sentenced Wilde to prison.
(d) Nelson was a warden who came to like Wilde.

3. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?
(a) Art can transcend reality.
(b) Art can improve society.
(c) Work can set you free.
(d) Man can govern himself.

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

5. How was "A Woman of No Importance" received?
(a) It was a critical success, and it established Wilde's name as a playwright.
(b) It was banned after two performances.
(c) It was panned by the critics, but audiences loved it.
(d) It was not a hit, but it made him 100 pounds a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lillie Langtry?

2. How did Oscar Wilde handle the disruption of his Harvard lecture?

3. When was Oscar Wilde first released from prison?

4. Why does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

5. Who is Archibald Forbes?

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