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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What defines Oscar Wilde's style?
(a) Conservative views.
(b) Perverse humor.
(c) Exotic pets.
(d) Epigrammatic wit.
2. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?
(a) He published Wilde's first book.
(b) He produced Wilde's first play.
(c) He wrote Wilde's biography.
(d) He produced "The Duchess of Padua."
3. With which American writer does Oscar Wilde meet in Philadelphia while he is making his first set of American lectures?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Margaret Fuller.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
4. What is Robert Harborough Sherard's first impression of Oscar Wilde?
(a) He fell in love with Wilde.
(b) He thought Wilde was an impostor.
(c) He was scandalized by Wilde's views.
(d) He was awed by Wilde's wit and intelligence.
5. What does Oscar Wilde's mother encourage him to do?
(a) Write poetry instead of drama.
(b) Marry a woman with money.
(c) Produce his plays in America.
(d) Leave London for Paris.
6. What does Oscar Wilde's mother change her name to?
(a) Lisbeth Horten.
(b) Jessica Linde.
(c) Speranza Francesca.
(d) Roberta Montagna.
7. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?
(a) Sixty students lampooned his style.
(b) A fight broke out between aestheticians.
(c) Oscar Wilde was chased off the stage by angry students.
(d) Unruly students rode horses through the lecture hall.
8. What career does Oscar Wilde explore while he is without his fellowship?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Art critic.
(d) Politician.
9. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?
(a) Richard Williamson.
(b) Eva Manning.
(c) Rupert Balcombe.
(d) David Hunter Blair.
10. Who is Oscar Wilde's primary love interest at Oxford?
(a) Jane Thompson.
(b) Florence Balcombe.
(c) Eva Fidelia.
(d) Speranza Francesca.
11. Oscar Wilde's debates with James McNeill Whistler are included in which of Wilde's works?
(a) "The Importance of Being Earnest."
(b) "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
(c) "Personal Impressions of America."
(d) "The Duchess of Padua."
12. What magazine does Oscar Wilde publish in from 1887 to 1888?
(a) Pall Mall Gazette.
(b) Women's World.
(c) The London Times.
(d) Harper's Bazaar.
13. What is Oscar Wilde's daughter's name?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Marie.
(c) Constance.
(d) Vyvyan.
14. Where is Oscar Wilde invited to lecture?
(a) In America.
(b) In Berlin.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In Scotland.
15. How did Oscar Wilde feel about how the French interpreted aestheticism?
(a) He found aestheticism less demanding in France.
(b) He found aestheticism more benevolent in France.
(c) He found aestheticism more sinister in France.
(d) He found aestheticism ridiculous in France.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which theme began to appear in Oscar Wilde's writing from 1887 to 1888?
2. What happens when Oscar Wilde tries to have his first play produced in America?
3. How does Robert Harborough Sherard's impression of Oscar Wilde change once he gets to know him?
4. What was Oscar Wilde's reaction to the attacks that were made on him?
5. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's first play?
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