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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
2. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?
3. How did Oscar Wilde feel about how the French interpreted aestheticism?
4. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?
5. How long does Oscar Wilde stay in America after he finishes his lecture series?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Wilde's experience in Paris?
2. Why was Oscar Wilde's first play never produced?
3. Where does Oscar Wilde move after graduating from Oxford?
4. How did Oscar Wilde feel about his studies at Oxford?
5. How are Oscar Wilde's lectures received in America?
6. Describe Oscar Wilde's financial situation while he was courting Constance Lloyd.
7. What was Oscar Wilde like as a young boy?
8. Why does Oscar Wilde skip his Baltimore speaking engagement?
9. Which intellectuals became important to Oscar Wilde while he was at Oxford? What were their ideas?
10. What were Oscar Wilde's greatest challenges in his first year at Oxford?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
More than one of Oscar Wilde's plays was not produced on the stage. What effect do these failures have on his career? How does he compensate for failing to produce the plays? What does he learn from the experiences? Does he benefit in any way from the plays not being produced?
Essay Topic 2
Oscar Wilde wrote only one novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray." How is this novel different from his plays and poems? What part of his personality does he express that is not expressed elsewhere? How does his novel resemble his plays and poems? How is it different?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Oscar Wilde's role as an art critic. What did he see as the critic's role in the art world? How did he perform that role himself? Was he consistent with his own prescription?
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