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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 intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?
(a) Pater.
(b) Ruskin.
(c) Mill.
(d) Arnold.

2. Which American writer found Oscar Wilde to be contemptuous?
(a) Stephen Crane.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) William Dean Howells.
(d) Henry James.

3. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Flu.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Syphilis.

4. Where did Oscar Wilde spend his term while he was waiting to return to school in October 1877?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Frankfurt.

5. How does Robert Harborough Sherard's impression of Oscar Wilde change once he gets to know him?
(a) He began to loathe him for his wit.
(b) He realized that Wilde was an impostor and a poser.
(c) He came to appreciate his talents.
(d) He began to be scandalized by his views.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oscar Wilde's debates with James McNeill Whistler are included in which of Wilde's works?

2. What is the setting of Oscar Wilde's first play?

3. How does Oscar Wilde make money during his courtship of his wife?

4. What group did Oscar Wilde join in 1875?

5. What state are Oscar Wilde and his wife's finances in when they marry?

(see the answer key)

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