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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Mr. and Mrs. Wilde.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which feat did Oscar Wilde claim to be capable of?
(a) Beating his teachers at chess.
(b) Reading facing pages at the same time.
(c) Memorizing the Iliad.
(d) Memorizing all the elements on the periodic table.

2. What was Oscar Wilde studying for in the spring of 1876?
(a) Honor Moderations.
(b) Qualifying exams.
(c) His divinity exams.
(d) Engineering exams.

3. With whom does Oscar Wilde move in when he goes to Paris?
(a) Robert Harborough Sherard.
(b) Rennell Rodd.
(c) Archibald Forbes.
(d) Marie Prescott.

4. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the opposition between Ruskin and Pater?
(a) He sided with Pater.
(b) He synthesized a new aesthetic ethics.
(c) He sided with Ruskin.
(d) He resolved to remain neutral.

5. How well had Oscar Wilde's studies prepared him for Oxford?
(a) He was far behind the other students and had to catch up.
(b) He was very well prepared and found the work boring.
(c) He was on the same level as the rest of the students.
(d) He was so well prepared that he skipped several courses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Oscar Wilde graduate from Oxford?

2. Whose house does Oscar Wilde move out of while his first play is being prepared?

3. When does Oscar Wilde finish "The Duchess of Padua"?

4. When does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

5. What religion is Oscar Wilde baptized into the second time?

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