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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Hellenizing Paris.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?
(a) Richard Williamson.
(b) Eva Manning.
(c) David Hunter Blair.
(d) Rupert Balcombe.

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

4. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?
(a) The Oxford Review.
(b) The Irish Times.
(c) The Frankfurt Times.
(d) The Dublin University Magazine.

5. Oscar Wilde moved in with an artist after he graduated from Oxford. What kind of art did this artist make?
(a) Surreal oil paintings.
(b) Bronze sculpture.
(c) Female portraits.
(d) Miniature street scenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

2. When did Oscar Wilde return to Paris?

3. When does Oscar Wilde graduate from Oxford?

4. What is Oscar Wilde's first publication?

5. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?

(see the answer key)

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