View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Mr. and Mrs. Wilde.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the conflict between progress and authority in his reading?
(a) He resisted conforming to convention.
(b) He adhered to social conventions.
(c) He invented his own morality.
(d) He located the seat of moral reasoning in the individual.

2. What does Ellman give as a possible reason for Wilde's dislike for sports?
(a) Wilde was trampled in a soccer game.
(b) Wilde broke his arm twice.
(c) Wilde was bullied by older boys.
(d) Wilde had an early childhood disease which deformed him.

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

4. When did Oscar Wilde's father die?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1881.

5. Oscar Wilde moved in with an artist after he graduated from Oxford. What kind of art did this artist make?
(a) Female portraits.
(b) Bronze sculpture.
(c) Miniature street scenes.
(d) Surreal oil paintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?

2. Why does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

3. How does Oscar Wilde make money during his courtship of his wife?

4. In what year was Oscar Wilde born?

5. Oscar Wilde's debates with James McNeill Whistler are included in which of Wilde's works?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 278 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample