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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Oscar Wilde live with immediately after he graduates from Oxford?
(a) Frank Miles.
(b) William Langtry.
(c) Robert Osborn.
(d) Keith Balcombe.

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

3. Oscar Wilde decorated his room with pictures of whom?
(a) The Pope and Bishop Manning.
(b) Florence Balcombe.
(c) King Henry VIII
(d) Martin Luther and John Calvin.

4. What is the outcome of Oscar Wilde's travels and lectures in America?
(a) Oscar Wilde was embraced by west coast intellectuals.
(b) Oscar Wilde's name had become a household word.
(c) Oscar Wilde established himself as one of Britain's best artists.
(d) Americans successfully repudiated Oscar Wilde's aesthetic theories.

5. What is the name of the man who attacked Oscar Wilde mercilessly during his American lectures?
(a) Archibald Forbes.
(b) John Rockefeller.
(c) Walter Pater.
(d) Howard Taft.

6. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?
(a) London Times.
(b) Kattabos.
(c) Oxford Review.
(d) Dublin University Magazine.

7. How many children do Oscar Wilde and his wife have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

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

9. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?
(a) Oscar Wilde's father.
(b) James McNeill Whistler.
(c) Florence Balcombe.
(d) Oscar Wilde's mother.

10. Who is Lillie Langtry?
(a) Oscar Wilde's roommate's girlfriend.
(b) Oscar Wilde's boss' wife.
(c) Oscar Wilde's good friend.
(d) Oscar Wilde's mother's friend.

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

12. Why did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?
(a) He returned to school late at Easter term.
(b) His grades were not good enough.
(c) He was in a fight with another student.
(d) He failed his divinity examinations.

13. When does Oscar Wilde graduate from Oxford?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1877.

14. What profession does Oscar Wilde give up in order to supplement his wife's income?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Lecturing.
(d) Playwriting.

15. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?
(a) Work can set you free.
(b) Art can transcend reality.
(c) Art can improve society.
(d) Man can govern himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Oscar Wilde publish his first piece?

2. What did Oscar Wilde say the secret of life was at the end of his first American lecture?

3. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?

4. How well was Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America received?

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

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