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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 was Oscar Wilde ill with late in his fourth year at Oxford?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Gonorrhea.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Flu.

2. When does Oscar Wilde achieve fame?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1881.

3. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the conflict between progress and authority in his reading?
(a) He resisted conforming to convention.
(b) He located the seat of moral reasoning in the individual.
(c) He adhered to social conventions.
(d) He invented his own morality.

4. What disruption took place during Oscar Wilde's Harvard lecture?
(a) Oscar Wilde was chased off the stage by angry students.
(b) Unruly students rode horses through the lecture hall.
(c) Sixty students lampooned his style.
(d) A fight broke out between aestheticians.

5. Which direction does Oscar Wilde's lecturing tour travel in?
(a) From the northeast, west through Canada to the West Coast, and south again before returing east.
(b) From the south to the northeast and back to the south.
(c) From the east coast to the west coast and back.
(d) From the north to the south and then west and north before returning to the east.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Oscar Wilde matriculate at Oxford?

2. What is the name of Oscar Wilde's first play?

3. What was Oscar Wilde's greatest challenge when he matriculated at Oxford?

4. Why did Oscar Wilde lose his scholarship?

5. What career does Oscar Wilde explore while he is without his fellowship?

(see the answer key)

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