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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 taught at Oxford.
(b) He lectured on aesthetics.
(c) He wrote art reviews.
(d) He edited the Encyclopedia Britannica.

2. Why does Oscar Wilde shy away from marriage?
(a) He was still a student.
(b) He was openly homosexual.
(c) He was expelled from school
(d) He was in debt.

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

4. Why did Oscar Wilde need a special dispensation to join the group he joined in 1875?
(a) He was Protestant.
(b) He was Irish.
(c) He was under twenty-one.
(d) He was Catholic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?

2. Which intellectual does Oscar Wilde work with on road-building and beautification projects?

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

4. What was Oscar Wilde studying for in the spring of 1876?

5. What group did Oscar Wilde join in 1875?

(see the answer key)

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