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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. Where does Oscar Wilde give his first lecture in America?
(a) Buell Hall.
(b) Dickinson Hall.
(c) Chickering Hall.
(d) Broadway Theatre.

2. How did Oscar Wilde handle the disruption of his Harvard lecture?
(a) He took off his jacket to cover the streaker's nakedness.
(b) He outwitted the students by stealing the points they were lampooning him for.
(c) He broke up the fight and resolved the quarrel.
(d) He faced the crowd down with a cane as a weapon.

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

4. What does Oscar Wilde do at Marie Prescott's request?
(a) He rewrote "Vera."
(b) He added a part for her in "The Duchess of Padua."
(c) He moved to Paris.
(d) He returned to England.

5. When does Oscar Wilde finish "The Duchess of Padua"?
(a) Well in advance of his publisher's deadline.
(b) A little bit late for his publisher's deadline.
(c) Too late for his publisher to print it.
(d) Just in time to meet his publisher's deadline.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

2. What magazine does Oscar Wilde publish in from 1887 to 1888?

3. Oscar Wilde's mother was a strong supporter of which political cause?

4. Why did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?

5. What religion is Oscar Wilde baptized into the second time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Oscar Wilde's financial situation while he was courting Constance Lloyd.

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

3. Describe Oscar Wilde's meeting with Walt Whitman.

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

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

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

7. What was Oscar Wilde's primary challenge in his fourth year at Oxford, and how did he meet it?

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

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

10. What were Oscar Wilde's greatest challenges in his first year at Oxford?

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