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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 replaced Oscar Wilde as James McNeill Whistler's favorite in Wilde's absence?
(a) Lillie Langtry.
(b) Archibald Forbes.
(c) Rennell Rodd.
(d) The Duchess of Padua.

2. How long does Oscar Wilde stay in America after he finishes his lecture series?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Six months.
(c) A year.
(d) Two and a half months.

3. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?
(a) Between Irish and English man.
(b) Between aesthetic and ethical man.
(c) Between reflective and pragmatic man.
(d) Between man and superman.

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

5. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1888.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?

3. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?

4. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?

5. Who is Archibald Forbes?

(see the answer key)

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