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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Declaring His Genius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the gate receipts for Oscar Wilde's first lecture in America?
(a) $452.
(b) $1,211.
(c) $81.
(d) $2,571.

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

3. Why is Oscar Wilde's first play not produced?
(a) Because Oscar Wilde withdrew it under political pressure.
(b) Because Oscar Wilde's enemies poisoned the backers against him.
(c) Because the producers ran out of money.
(d) Because it dramatized an assassination attempt.

4. Where does Oscar Wilde first publish?
(a) The Frankfurt Times.
(b) The Dublin University Magazine.
(c) The Oxford Review.
(d) The Irish Times.

5. What religion is Oscar Wilde baptized into the second time?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Anglicanism.
(d) Calvinism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Oscar Wilde's father's profession?

3. Where did Oscar Wilde spend his term while he was waiting to return to school in October 1877?

4. Whose house does Oscar Wilde move out of while his first play is being prepared?

5. How does Oscar Wilde resolve the opposition between Ruskin and Pater?

(see the answer key)

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