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

2. What does Oscar Wilde encourage Lillie Langtry to do?
(a) Divorce her husband.
(b) Become his lover.
(c) Move to Paris.
(d) Become an actress.

3. What does Oxford University do for Oscar Wilde after his School's Examinations in 1878?
(a) Asked him to leave the school.
(b) Offered him a lecturership in aesthetics.
(c) Extended his Demyship for another year.
(d) Paid for his medical bills.

4. What is the name of the journal in which Oscar Wilde published a poem about a boy?
(a) Oxford Review.
(b) London Times.
(c) Kattabos.
(d) Dublin University Magazine.

5. What belief does Pater lead Oscar Wilde to?
(a) Work can set you free.
(b) Art can improve society.
(c) Man can govern himself.
(d) Art can transcend reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Archibald Forbes?

2. Which intellectual appeals to conscience over imagination?

3. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the conflict between progress and authority in his reading?

4. What is Oscar Wilde's first publication?

5. What is the name of the friend who converted to Catholicism and influenced Oscar Wilde to consider converting?

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