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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) Robert Harborough Sherard.
(b) Archibald Forbes.
(c) Marie Prescott.
(d) Rennell Rodd.

2. What is the name of the scholarship Oscar Wilde won to Oxford?
(a) Fellowship.
(b) Balyship.
(c) Demyship.
(d) Assistantship.

3. With which American writer does Oscar Wilde meet in Philadelphia while he is making his first set of American lectures?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Margaret Fuller.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Walt Whitman.

4. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde turn to for spiritual guidance?
(a) Ruskin.
(b) Pater.
(c) Mill.
(d) Arnold.

5. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first lecture in America?
(a) Dickinson Hall.
(b) Buell Hall.
(c) Chickering Hall.
(d) Broadway Theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Oscar Wilde first baptized into?

2. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?

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

4. Which item is part of each course during the dinner Oscar Wilde has in Leadville, Colorado?

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

(see the answer key)

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