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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Declaring His Genius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?
(a) Between aesthetic and ethical man.
(b) Between reflective and pragmatic man.
(c) Between Irish and English man.
(d) Between man and superman.

2. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde work with on road-building and beautification projects?
(a) Mill.
(b) Pater.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Ruskin.

3. What was Oscar Wilde's mother's name before she changed it?
(a) Melissa Banks.
(b) Martha Shepard.
(c) Jane Elgee.
(d) Constance Larue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How well had Oscar Wilde's studies prepared him for Oxford?

2. Who does Oscar Wilde live with immediately after he graduates from Oxford?

3. What does Oscar Wilde encourage Lillie Langtry to do?

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

5. How well was Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America received?

(see the answer key)

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