Oscar Wilde Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Oscar Wilde Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first public lecture in America?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

2. Which direction does Oscar Wilde's lecturing tour travel in?
(a) From the north to the south and then west and north before returning to the east.
(b) From the south to the northeast and back to the south.
(c) From the east coast to the west coast and back.
(d) From the northeast, west through Canada to the West Coast, and south again before returing east.

3. 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 awed by Wilde's wit and intelligence.
(d) He was scandalized by Wilde's views.

4. What trend was creating a scandal at Oxford University in 1875?
(a) Irish nationalism.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Anti-Catholicism.
(d) Abolition.

5. What was Oscar Wilde's mother's name before she changed it?
(a) Martha Shepard.
(b) Constance Larue.
(c) Melissa Banks.
(d) Jane Elgee.

6. What does Robert Harborough Sherard do for Oscar Wilde?
(a) He published Wilde's first book.
(b) He produced "The Duchess of Padua."
(c) He wrote Wilde's biography.
(d) He produced Wilde's first play.

7. What does Oscar Wilde encourage Lillie Langtry to do?
(a) Move to Paris.
(b) Become his lover.
(c) Divorce her husband.
(d) Become an actress.

8. What happens when Oscar Wilde tries to have his first play produced in America?
(a) It was received very well.
(b) The play was panned by critics.
(c) The production did not get all the support it needed.
(d) Nothing came of his attempts.

9. What kind of run does "Vera" have in America?
(a) Unspectacular, but moderately successful.
(b) Short but meteoric.
(c) Short and disappointing.
(d) Long and successful.

10. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Flu.
(d) Syphilis.

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

12. How does Oscar Wilde spend money?
(a) Carelessly.
(b) Parsimoniously.
(c) Lavishly.
(d) Conservatively.

13. As Oscar Wilde watched how the French interpreted aestheticism, what did he see coming from aesthetic ideas?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Materialism.
(c) Existentialism.
(d) Decadence.

14. When does Oscar Wilde marry?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1889.

15. How did Oscar Wilde feel about his dialogue with William Butler Yeats?
(a) Depressed about the prospect of getting old.
(b) Repulsed by the presence of myth in literature.
(c) Impressed with the nature of life and art.
(d) Satisfied with the decay of art and culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Oscar Wilde handle the disruption of his Harvard lecture?

2. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?

3. Where did Oscar Wilde spend his term while he was waiting to return to school in October 1877?

4. What is the setting of Oscar Wilde's first play?

5. What does Oscar Wilde win in 1878?

(see the answer keys)

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