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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the scholarship Oscar Wilde won to Oxford?
(a) Demyship.
(b) Balyship.
(c) Fellowship.
(d) Assistantship.

2. Which feat did Oscar Wilde claim to be capable of?
(a) Beating his teachers at chess.
(b) Reading facing pages at the same time.
(c) Memorizing the Iliad.
(d) Memorizing all the elements on the periodic table.

3. Which theme began to appear in Oscar Wilde's writing from 1887 to 1888?
(a) The decline of literature.
(b) Betrayal in relationships.
(c) Deceit and repression.
(d) The ethical responsibility of the artist.

4. What is Oscar Wilde's daughter's name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Constance.
(d) Vyvyan.

5. What split does Oscar Wilde's poetry explore?
(a) Between Irish and English man.
(b) Between aesthetic and ethical man.
(c) Between man and superman.
(d) Between reflective and pragmatic man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?

2. As Oscar Wilde watched how the French interpreted aestheticism, what did he see coming from aesthetic ideas?

3. Why is Oscar Wilde's first play not produced?

4. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?

5. How well had Oscar Wilde's studies prepared him for Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Oscar Wilde's first play never produced?

2. Which intellectuals became important to Oscar Wilde while he was at Oxford? What were their ideas?

3. Why does Oxford extend Oscar Wilde's Demyship?

4. Describe the history and premier of Oscar Wilde's play "Vera."

5. What is Oscar Wilde's father's profession, and what are his political views?

6. What was Oscar Wilde like as a young boy?

7. Where does Oscar Wilde try to find work after graduating from Oxford?

8. What was the outcome of Oscar Wilde's trip to America?

9. Describe Oscar Wilde's relationship with Oxford University.

10. Why does Archibald Forbes attack Oscar Wilde?

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