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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 does Oscar Wilde win in 1878?
(a) The Newdigate Prize.
(b) Second place in the Honour Moderations.
(c) Second place in the Schools Examinations.
(d) His divinity degree.

2. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1888.

3. Why does Oscar Wilde shy away from marriage?
(a) He was openly homosexual.
(b) He was expelled from school
(c) He was in debt.
(d) He was still a student.

4. What defines Oscar Wilde's style?
(a) Epigrammatic wit.
(b) Exotic pets.
(c) Conservative views.
(d) Perverse humor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oscar Wilde's first publication?

2. What was Oscar Wilde's mother's name before she changed it?

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

4. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?

5. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the conflict between progress and authority in his reading?

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