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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. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?
(a) The Irish Times.
(b) The Frankfurt Times.
(c) The Dublin University Magazine.
(d) The Oxford Review.

2. Why did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?
(a) His grades were not good enough.
(b) He was in a fight with another student.
(c) He failed his divinity examinations.
(d) He returned to school late at Easter term.

3. What is Oscar Wilde's first publication?
(a) A book review.
(b) An article.
(c) A poem.
(d) A short story.

4. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?
(a) Between Irish and English man.
(b) Between man and superman.
(c) Between reflective and pragmatic man.
(d) Between aesthetic and ethical man.

5. For how long did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?
(a) Two years.
(b) Half a year.
(c) Three terms.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Oscar Wilde do on the School's Examinations in 1878?

2. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?

3. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?

4. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?

5. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?

(see the answer key)

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