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

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

3. For how long did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?
(a) Three terms.
(b) A year.
(c) Half a year.
(d) Two years.

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

5. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?
(a) Ruskin.
(b) Mill.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Pater.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What defines Oscar Wilde's style?

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

5. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?

(see the answer key)

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