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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. As Oscar Wilde watched how the French interpreted aestheticism, what did he see coming from aesthetic ideas?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Decadence.

2. How does Oscar Wilde's wife handle the news of Wilde's homosexuality?
(a) She tried to cure him.
(b) She ignored it.
(c) She discussed it openly.
(d) She divorced him because of it.

3. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?
(a) He was afraid of eternal damnation.
(b) He distrusted Catholic priests.
(c) He was afraid of being written out of his father's will.
(d) He did not know enough about Catholicism yet.

4. How did Oscar Wilde feel about how the French interpreted aestheticism?
(a) He found aestheticism ridiculous in France.
(b) He found aestheticism less demanding in France.
(c) He found aestheticism more sinister in France.
(d) He found aestheticism more benevolent in France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?

2. Who replaced Oscar Wilde as James McNeill Whistler's favorite in Wilde's absence?

3. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?

4. What does Oscar Wilde encourage Lillie Langtry to do?

5. How does Robert Harborough Sherard's impression of Oscar Wilde change once he gets to know him?

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