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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 resolve the conflict between progress and authority in his reading?
(a) He invented his own morality.
(b) He resisted conforming to convention.
(c) He located the seat of moral reasoning in the individual.
(d) He adhered to social conventions.

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

3. What defines Oscar Wilde's style?
(a) Conservative views.
(b) Perverse humor.
(c) Epigrammatic wit.
(d) Exotic pets.

4. Who cables Oscar Wilde with an invitation to lecture?
(a) President Garfield.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Richard D'Oyly.
(d) James McNeill Whistler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oscar Wilde linger in America after he completes his lectures?

2. Why does Oscar Wilde shy away from marriage?

3. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?

4. What happens when Oscar Wilde tries to have his first play produced in America?

5. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?

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