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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) Broadway Theatre.
(b) Chickering Hall.
(c) Dickinson Hall.
(d) Buell Hall.

2. Why does Oscar Wilde linger in America after he completes his lectures?
(a) To pursue his interests in the theatre.
(b) To stay with a lover.
(c) To revise his lectures and write new material.
(d) To visit with one of his mentors who had moved to America.

3. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?
(a) To lose his Irish accent.
(b) To publish in a literary review.
(c) To finish at the top of his class.
(d) To hide his homosexuality.

4. 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 invented his own morality.
(c) He resisted conforming to convention.
(d) He adhered to social conventions.

5. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's column in Women's World Magazine?
(a) "Literary and Other Notes."
(b) "Notes from America."
(c) "Literary News."
(d) "Notes from Paris."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robert Ross?

2. Who moves to London after Oscar Wilde graduates from Oxford?

3. How do Oscar Wilde's spending habits change when he gets married?

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

5. Oscar Wilde decorated his room with pictures of whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Oscar Wilde's mother change her name to when she marries Oscar Wilde's father?

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

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

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

8. How are Oscar Wilde's lectures received in America?

9. Where does Oscar Wilde live after returning to Europe from America?

10. What did Oscar Wilde do when he lost his University Demyship?

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