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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. In what year was Oscar Wilde born?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1862.

2. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?
(a) To lose his Irish accent.
(b) To finish at the top of his class.
(c) To hide his homosexuality.
(d) To publish in a literary review.

3. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1874.

4. Oscar Wilde's mother was a strong supporter of which political cause?
(a) Anti-colonialism.
(b) Irish nationalism.
(c) Abolition of slavery.
(d) Women's rights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oxford University do for Oscar Wilde after his School's Examinations in 1878?

2. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?

3. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?

4. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?

5. Which intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?

(see the answer key)

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