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

2. How did Oscar Wilde do on the School's Examinations in 1878?
(a) He did not pass.
(b) He took second place.
(c) He took first place.
(d) He only passed the divinity exams.

3. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?
(a) Kattabos.
(b) Oxford Review.
(c) London Times.
(d) Dublin University Magazine.

4. What religion is Oscar Wilde first baptized into?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Anglicanism.
(c) Calvinism.
(d) Catholicism.

5. Oscar Wilde decorated his room with pictures of whom?
(a) The Pope and Bishop Manning.
(b) King Henry VIII
(c) Florence Balcombe.
(d) Martin Luther and John Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde turn to for spiritual guidance?

2. Which feat did Oscar Wilde claim to be capable of?

3. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde work with on road-building and beautification projects?

4. In what year was Oscar Wilde born?

5. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the opposition between Ruskin and Pater?

(see the answer key)

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