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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 did Oscar Wilde feel about how the French interpreted aestheticism?
(a) He found aestheticism more sinister in France.
(b) He found aestheticism more benevolent in France.
(c) He found aestheticism less demanding in France.
(d) He found aestheticism ridiculous in France.

2. What were the gate receipts for Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America?
(a) $1,211.
(b) $2,571.
(c) $452.
(d) $81.

3. What was Oscar Wilde's father's profession?
(a) Eye doctor.
(b) Obstetrician.
(c) Politician.
(d) Lawyer.

4. What religion is Oscar Wilde baptized into the second time?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Anglicanism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Catholicism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?

2. What was Oscar Wilde interested in in school?

3. How long does Oscar Wilde stay in America after he finishes his lecture series?

4. How does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?

5. Where did Oscar Wilde spend his term while he was waiting to return to school in October 1877?

(see the answer key)

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