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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 theme of Oscar Wilde's first play?
(a) Marriage and manners.
(b) Homosexuality and art.
(c) Socialism and nihilism.
(d) Modernity and war.

2. How well had Oscar Wilde's studies prepared him for Oxford?
(a) He was so well prepared that he skipped several courses.
(b) He was far behind the other students and had to catch up.
(c) He was on the same level as the rest of the students.
(d) He was very well prepared and found the work boring.

3. What career does Oscar Wilde explore while he is without his fellowship?
(a) Art critic.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Politician.
(d) Dancer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Oscar Wilde first baptized into?

2. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?

3. How does Oscar Wilde arrive in America?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is memorable about Oscar Wilde's stop in Leadville, Colorado?

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

4. With whom does Oscar Wilde visit Rome in 1875?

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

6. Describe Oscar Wilde's contact with Catholicism at Oxford.

7. How did Oscar Wilde feel about his studies at Oxford?

8. What does Oscar Wilde do for work after he gives up lecturing?

9. Describe Oscar Wilde's relationship with Rennell Rodd.

10. What was Oscar Wilde's relationship with Robert Harborough Sherard?

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