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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Oscar Wilde's friends tried to discount Wilde's importance?
(a) Rennell Rodd.
(b) James McNeill Whistler.
(c) Marie Prescott.
(d) Robert Harborough Sherard.

2. What did Oscar Wilde consider doing before his first trial?
(a) Fleeing to Paris.
(b) Filing additional charges.
(c) Renouncing homosexuality.
(d) Withdrawing the charges.

3. Where did Oscar Wilde go for homosexual sex?
(a) The parks in London.
(b) Hotels.
(c) The quays.
(d) His home.

4. How was Oscar Wilde released from prison for the first time?
(a) He raised money for bail among his friends.
(b) He arranged for the charges to be dismissed.
(c) He proved his innocence at trial.
(d) He escaped with two other prisoners.

5. What was the subject of much of Oscar Wilde's correspondence in the period when he was writing the Ballad of Reading Gaol?
(a) His finances.
(b) Executing his wife's parents' estate.
(c) The fate of his illegitimate children.
(d) His reunion with his lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the punishment for homosexuality in England in the late 1800s?

2. What was the cause of Oscar Wilde's death?

3. Who was Lord Alfred Douglas' father?

4. Oscar Wilde said that men resemble which celestial body?

5. Where did Oscar Wilde take a rest cure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Oscar Wilde's allowance from his mother after he leaves prison?

2. What happened when Oscar Wilde sued his lover's father, Lord Queensberry, for libel?

3. How is "The Picture of Dorian Gray" seen as a work about homosexuality?

4. Why was Oscar Wilde's play "Salome" censored?

5. How did Lord Alfred Douglas' father feel about his son's relationship with Oscar Wilde?

6. Why did Lord Alfred Douglas' parents refuse to press charges against Oscar Wilde?

7. How do Oscar Wilde's aesthetics develop during his time in Paris in 1891?

8. How is "Lady Windermere's Fan" received when it premieres in London?

9. Where does Oscar Wilde go after he is released from prison?

10. What happens to Oscar Wilde when he goes to prison?

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