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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. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?
(a) Florence Balcombe.
(b) Eva Fidelia.
(c) Jane Thompson.
(d) Speranza Francesca.

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

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

4. Which direction does Oscar Wilde's lecturing tour travel in?
(a) From the east coast to the west coast and back.
(b) From the northeast, west through Canada to the West Coast, and south again before returing east.
(c) From the south to the northeast and back to the south.
(d) From the north to the south and then west and north before returning to the east.

5. Who does Oscar Wilde live with immediately after he graduates from Oxford?
(a) Keith Balcombe.
(b) Robert Osborn.
(c) Frank Miles.
(d) William Langtry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

2. What group did Oscar Wilde join in 1875?

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

4. Why is Oscar Wilde's first play not produced?

5. As Oscar Wilde watched how the French interpreted aestheticism, what did he see coming from aesthetic ideas?

(see the answer key)

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