Oscar Wilde | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1, Toil of Growing Up

1. In what year was Oscar Wilde born?

1854.

2. Oscar Wilde's mother was a strong supporter of which political cause?

Irish nationalism.

3. What was Oscar Wilde's mother's name before she changed it?

Jane Elgee.

4. What does Oscar Wilde's mother change her name to?

Speranza Francesca.

5. What is Oscar Wilde's father's name?

William Robert Wilde.

6. What was Oscar Wilde's father's profession?

Eye doctor.

7. What does Ellman give as a possible reason for Wilde's dislike for sports?

Wilde broke his arm twice.

8. Which feat did Oscar Wilde claim to be capable of?

Reading facing pages at the same time.

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

Demyship.

10. What religion is Oscar Wilde first baptized into?

Protestantism.

11. What religion is Oscar Wilde baptized into the second time?

Catholicism.

12. What...
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