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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, An Incomplete Aesthete.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Oscar Wilde do on the School's Examinations in 1878?
(a) He took second place.
(b) He took first place.
(c) He did not pass.
(d) He only passed the divinity exams.

2. What does Ellman give as a possible reason for Wilde's dislike for sports?
(a) Wilde was trampled in a soccer game.
(b) Wilde had an early childhood disease which deformed him.
(c) Wilde was bullied by older boys.
(d) Wilde broke his arm twice.

3. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?
(a) He was Catholic.
(b) He was Protestant.
(c) He was under twenty-one.
(d) He was Irish.

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

5. What was Oscar Wilde's mother's name before she changed it?
(a) Constance Larue.
(b) Melissa Banks.
(c) Jane Elgee.
(d) Martha Shepard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Oscar Wilde's primary challenge in his fourth year at Oxford?

2. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?

3. Why did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?

4. What was Oscar Wilde studying for in the spring of 1876?

5. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?

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