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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. With whom does Oscar Wilde move in when he goes to Paris?
(a) Rennell Rodd.
(b) Robert Harborough Sherard.
(c) Marie Prescott.
(d) Archibald Forbes.

2. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?
(a) Florence Balcombe.
(b) Oscar Wilde's mother.
(c) Oscar Wilde's father.
(d) James McNeill Whistler.

3. When does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1882.

4. 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 on the same level as the rest of the students.
(c) He was very well prepared and found the work boring.
(d) He was far behind the other students and had to catch up.

5. What is the outcome of Oscar Wilde's travels and lectures in America?
(a) Oscar Wilde's name had become a household word.
(b) Americans successfully repudiated Oscar Wilde's aesthetic theories.
(c) Oscar Wilde established himself as one of Britain's best artists.
(d) Oscar Wilde was embraced by west coast intellectuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oscar Wilde return to England from America?

2. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?

3. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?

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

5. What trend was creating a scandal at Oxford University in 1875?

(see the answer key)

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