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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. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas' father?
(a) The Duke of Gloucester.
(b) The Marquis of Queensberry.
(c) The Earl of Kent.
(d) Bishop Manning.

2. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde work with on road-building and beautification projects?
(a) Pater.
(b) Ruskin.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Mill.

3. Who replaced Oscar Wilde as James McNeill Whistler's favorite in Wilde's absence?
(a) Archibald Forbes.
(b) The Duchess of Padua.
(c) Lillie Langtry.
(d) Rennell Rodd.

4. Whom does Oscar Wilde marry?
(a) Lillie Langtry.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Marie Prescott.
(d) Constance Lloyd.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the central character in Oscar Wilde's play "Salome"?

2. What was the subject of much of Oscar Wilde's correspondence in the period when he was writing the Ballad of Reading Gaol?

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

4. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first public lecture in America?

5. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?

(see the answer key)

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