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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, An Incomplete Aesthete.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Oscar Wilde decorated his room with pictures of whom?
(a) The Pope and Bishop Manning.
(b) Florence Balcombe.
(c) Martin Luther and John Calvin.
(d) King Henry VIII

3. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1888.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How well had Oscar Wilde's studies prepared him for Oxford?

3. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?

4. What was Oscar Wilde's primary challenge in his fourth year at Oxford?

5. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?

(see the answer key)

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