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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Indoctrinating America.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oscar Wilde do for work immediately after he graduates from Oxford?
(a) He wrote art reviews.
(b) He edited the Encyclopedia Britannica.
(c) He taught at Oxford.
(d) He lectured on aesthetics.

2. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the opposition between Ruskin and Pater?
(a) He resolved to remain neutral.
(b) He sided with Ruskin.
(c) He synthesized a new aesthetic ethics.
(d) He sided with Pater.

3. How long does Oscar Wilde stay in America after he finishes his lecture series?
(a) Six months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Two and a half months.
(d) A year.

4. What is the setting of Oscar Wilde's first play?
(a) Contemporary London.
(b) Montparnasse, Paris.
(c) Czarist Russia.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?

2. What trend was creating a scandal at Oxford University in 1875?

3. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?

4. What is the theme of Oscar Wilde's first play?

5. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde turn to for spiritual guidance?

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