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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Hellenizing Paris.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the central character in Oscar Wilde's play "Salome"?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Christ.
(c) Salome.
(d) Herod.

2. What trend was creating a scandal at Oxford University in 1875?
(a) Anti-Catholicism.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Abolition.
(d) Irish nationalism.

3. With whom does Oscar Wilde move in when he goes to Paris?
(a) Robert Harborough Sherard.
(b) Rennell Rodd.
(c) Marie Prescott.
(d) Archibald Forbes.

4. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?
(a) Oscar Wilde's mother.
(b) Florence Balcombe.
(c) James McNeill Whistler.
(d) Oscar Wilde's father.

5. How did Oscar Wilde describe Christ's life?
(a) As a moving song.
(b) As a tragic drama.
(c) As an iconic sculpture.
(d) As the greatest of poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oscar Wilde moved in with an artist after he graduated from Oxford. What kind of art did this artist make?

2. Which of Oscar Wilde's friends tried to discount Wilde's importance?

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

4. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?

5. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?

(see the answer key)

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