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

2. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?
(a) Sixty students lampooned his style.
(b) A fight broke out between aestheticians.
(c) Oscar Wilde was chased off the stage by angry students.
(d) Unruly students rode horses through the lecture hall.

3. When students disrupt one of Oscar Wilde's lectures, where does Oscar Wilde say the students have put their heads?
(a) In the clouds.
(b) In the sewer.
(c) In their own ears.
(d) In the lion's mouth.

4. Why does Oscar Wilde shy away from marriage?
(a) He was in debt.
(b) He was expelled from school
(c) He was still a student.
(d) He was openly homosexual.

5. Whose house does Oscar Wilde move out of while his first play is being prepared?
(a) Lillie Langtry's.
(b) James McNeill Whistler's.
(c) Frank Miles'.
(d) His mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?

2. When does Oscar Wilde graduate from Oxford?

3. Oscar Wilde's mother was a strong supporter of which political cause?

4. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?

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

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