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

2. When students disrupt one of Oscar Wilde's lectures, where does Oscar Wilde say the students have put their heads?
(a) In the clouds.
(b) In the lion's mouth.
(c) In their own ears.
(d) In the sewer.

3. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?
(a) Ruskin.
(b) Mill.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Pater.

4. What were the gate receipts for Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America?
(a) $1,211.
(b) $81.
(c) $452.
(d) $2,571.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Oscar Wilde invited to lecture?

2. Who cables Oscar Wilde with an invitation to lecture?

3. What is Robert Harborough Sherard's first impression of Oscar Wilde?

4. Who replaced Oscar Wilde as James McNeill Whistler's favorite in Wilde's absence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Oscar Wilde exposed to homosexuality?

2. What themes does Oscar Wilde write about in his journalism?

3. Why does Oscar Wilde skip his Baltimore speaking engagement?

4. Did Oscar Wilde's feelings about outdoor sports change any when he went to Oxford?

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

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

7. How was Oscar Wilde baptized?

8. What factors made Oscar Wilde's lecturing tour in America a success?

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

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

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