View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, An Incomplete Aesthete.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?
(a) Jane Thompson.
(b) Speranza Francesca.
(c) Florence Balcombe.
(d) Eva Fidelia.

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

3. Which intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?
(a) Mill.
(b) Pater.
(c) Ruskin.
(d) Arnold.

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

5. How does Oscar Wilde spend money?
(a) Lavishly.
(b) Conservatively.
(c) Parsimoniously.
(d) Carelessly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?

3. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?

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

5. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 184 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample