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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 does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
(a) As an art critic, through his writing in the London art papers.
(b) As a personality, through conversation with James McNeill Whistler.
(c) As a playwright, with his first play.
(d) As the son of a rich and famous mother.

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

3. Which feat did Oscar Wilde claim to be capable of?
(a) Memorizing the Iliad.
(b) Memorizing all the elements on the periodic table.
(c) Beating his teachers at chess.
(d) Reading facing pages at the same time.

4. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Flu.

5. Where did Oscar Wilde spend his term while he was waiting to return to school in October 1877?
(a) Berlin.
(b) London.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Oscar Wilde feel about how the French interpreted aestheticism?

2. What was Oscar Wilde's primary challenge in his fourth year at Oxford?

3. Who cables Oscar Wilde with an invitation to lecture?

4. What is Oscar Wilde's first publication?

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

(see the answer key)

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