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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 is the name of the scholarship Oscar Wilde won to Oxford?
(a) Balyship.
(b) Fellowship.
(c) Demyship.
(d) Assistantship.

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

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

4. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?
(a) He was under twenty-one.
(b) He was Irish.
(c) He was Catholic.
(d) He was Protestant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oscar Wilde spend money?

2. For how long did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?

3. Why did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?

4. What career does Oscar Wilde explore while he is without his fellowship?

5. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde turn to for spiritual guidance?

(see the answer key)

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