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

2. What was Oscar Wilde's reaction to the attacks that were made on him?
(a) He responded with vitriolic wit.
(b) He skipped his Baltimore speaking engagement.
(c) He sued his attackers for slander.
(d) He appealed to Bishop Manning for help.

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

4. What defines Oscar Wilde's style?
(a) Epigrammatic wit.
(b) Conservative views.
(c) Exotic pets.
(d) Perverse humor.

5. Which intellectual invokes disciplined restraint?
(a) Pater.
(b) Mill.
(c) Ruskin.
(d) Arnold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

2. What was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?

3. How did Oscar Wilde do on the School's Examinations in 1878?

4. What does Oscar Wilde win in 1878?

5. When does Oscar Wilde go to Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Archibald Forbes attack Oscar Wilde?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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