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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Countering the Renaissance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How well was Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America received?
(a) With warm applause.
(b) With hostile jeering.
(c) With spirited debate among the audience.
(d) With standing ovations.

2. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the opposition between Ruskin and Pater?
(a) He synthesized a new aesthetic ethics.
(b) He sided with Pater.
(c) He resolved to remain neutral.
(d) He sided with Ruskin.

3. Who replaced Oscar Wilde as James McNeill Whistler's favorite in Wilde's absence?
(a) The Duchess of Padua.
(b) Lillie Langtry.
(c) Archibald Forbes.
(d) Rennell Rodd.

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

5. What does Oscar Wilde encourage Lillie Langtry to do?
(a) Become an actress.
(b) Become his lover.
(c) Divorce her husband.
(d) Move to Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oscar Wilde's father's name?

2. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?

3. What does Oscar Wilde win in 1878?

4. Why does Oscar Wilde linger in America after he completes his lectures?

5. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?

(see the answer key)

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