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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, A Late Victorian Love Affair.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?
(a) To work with Walter Pater.
(b) To finish his play, "The Duchess of Padua."
(c) To lecture at the Sorbonne.
(d) To meet a lover.

4. How did Oscar Wilde feel about his dialogue with William Butler Yeats?
(a) Impressed with the nature of life and art.
(b) Satisfied with the decay of art and culture.
(c) Depressed about the prospect of getting old.
(d) Repulsed by the presence of myth in literature.

5. What state are Oscar Wilde and his wife's finances in when they marry?
(a) They were looking forward to making a fortune in investments.
(b) They were in debt because of Wilde's extravagant expenses.
(c) They were poor because of the bankruptcy of Wilde's wife's father.
(d) They were wealthy with a bequest from Wilde's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?

2. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?

3. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?

4. Why was "Salome" not performed?

5. What does Oscar Wilde's mother encourage him to do?

(see the answer key)

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