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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. What was Oscar Wilde's primary challenge in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) To join Phi Beta Kappa.
(b) To pass the School's Examinations.
(c) To join the Freemasons.
(d) To pass the Honour Moderations.

2. What is the name of the scholarship Oscar Wilde won to Oxford?
(a) Balyship.
(b) Assistantship.
(c) Fellowship.
(d) Demyship.

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

4. How well had Oscar Wilde's studies prepared him for Oxford?
(a) He was on the same level as the rest of the students.
(b) He was far behind the other students and had to catch up.
(c) He was so well prepared that he skipped several courses.
(d) He was very well prepared and found the work boring.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?

3. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?

4. What religion is Oscar Wilde first baptized into?

5. Which intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?

(see the answer key)

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