THE SOUL OF MAN

Question 1

In what year did Wilde write ‘The Soul of Man Under Socialism’?

Answer 1

1891

Question 2

What is the form of ‘The Soul of Man’?

Answer 2

Essay

Question 3

“…….. is man’s original virtue”

Answer 3

Disobedience

Question 4

“Wherever there is a man who exercises ……. , there is a man who resists authority”

Answer 4

Authority

Question 5

Authority relies on “bribing people to ……..”.

Answer 5

Conform

Question 6

“Starvation and not ……… is the parent of modern crime”.

Answer 6

Sin

Question 7

“…………, which merely means doing what other people want because they want it

Answer 7

Duty

Answer 8

Immorality

Question 9

T/F

Wilde argued that capitalism improved the standard of people’s lives by giving them more access to material goods.

Answer 9

F

Question 10

T/F

Wilde argued for a particular form of socialism he called ‘individualism’.

Answer 10

T

Question 11

T/F

Wilde advocated the need for greater charity to help the poor and deprived.

Answer 11

F

Question 12

T/F

Wilde advocated the need for leisure time to develop our individual self.

Answer 12

T

Question 13

T/F

Wilde supported the idea of ‘moral absolutism’ and argued that the upper classes were wrong in their morals.

Answer 13

F

Question 14

T/F
Wilde defends rebellion and rule-breaking because the society that makes the rules only cares about enforcing rules to keep its power

Answer 14

T

Question 15

T/F

‘The Soul of Man’ is deliberately provocative and strongly-worded.

Answer 15

T

Question 16

T/F

Wilde suggests we should learn to better control our desires for what we cannot have.

Answer 16

F

Question 17

T/F

Wilde critiques the way people blindly accept and conform to the social mores of their time.

Answer 17

T

Question 18

T/F

Wilde suggests that people follow rules from a fear of public humiliation and outrage.

Answer 18

T