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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Doomed Deferred.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Oscar Wilde's spending habits change when he gets married?
(a) He saved his money to finance the production of his plays.
(b) He still spent money extravagantly.
(c) He bankrupted himself and his wife with bad investments.
(d) He started to save for a house in the country.

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

4. Why does Oscar Wilde resist converting to Catholicism?
(a) He was afraid of being written out of his father's will.
(b) He was afraid of eternal damnation.
(c) He distrusted Catholic priests.
(d) He did not know enough about Catholicism yet.

5. For how long did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?
(a) Half a year.
(b) A year.
(c) Three terms.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oscar Wilde do for work immediately after he graduates from Oxford?

2. Who replaced Oscar Wilde as James McNeill Whistler's favorite in Wilde's absence?

3. Which item is part of each course during the dinner Oscar Wilde has in Leadville, Colorado?

4. When does Oscar Wilde marry?

5. What is the name of the scholarship Oscar Wilde won to Oxford?

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