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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. What trend was creating a scandal at Oxford University in 1875?
(a) Irish nationalism.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Abolition.
(d) Anti-Catholicism.

2. What religion is Oscar Wilde first baptized into?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Anglicanism.

3. Which American writer found Oscar Wilde to be contemptuous?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) William Dean Howells.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Stephen Crane.

4. Why does Oscar Wilde linger in America after he completes his lectures?
(a) To pursue his interests in the theatre.
(b) To stay with a lover.
(c) To visit with one of his mentors who had moved to America.
(d) To revise his lectures and write new material.

5. What does Oscar Wilde do for work immediately after he graduates from Oxford?
(a) He wrote art reviews.
(b) He lectured on aesthetics.
(c) He taught at Oxford.
(d) He edited the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oscar Wilde say the secret of life was at the end of his first American lecture?

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

3. With whom does Oscar Wilde move in when he goes to Paris?

4. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?

5. With which American writer does Oscar Wilde meet in Philadelphia while he is making his first set of American lectures?

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