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Oscar Wilde
Contributed by: Costello
  • 1. When was Oscar Wilde born?
A) 1800
B) 1950
C) 1900
D) 1854
  • 2. What is the title of Oscar Wilde's only novel?
A) A Woman of No Importance
B) Lady Windermere's Fan
C) The Picture of Dorian Gray
D) An Ideal Husband
  • 3. Which play by Oscar Wilde satirizes the social norms of the Victorian era?
A) The Importance of Being Earnest
B) A Woman of No Importance
C) Salome
D) Lady Windermere's Fan
  • 4. Which literary movement was Oscar Wilde associated with?
A) Realism
B) Romanticism
C) Aestheticism
D) Modernism
  • 5. Who was Oscar Wilde's lover and the inspiration for his famous play 'Salome'?
A) Robert Ross
B) Bosie
C) Lord Alfred Douglas
D) Bram Stoker
  • 6. What is the full name of Oscar Wilde's most famous play 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?
A) The Importance of Being Sincere
B) The Importance of Being Honest
C) The Importance of Being True
D) The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
  • 7. What was Oscar Wilde's nationality?
A) French
B) American
C) British
D) Irish
  • 8. In which city did Oscar Wilde die?
A) New York
B) London
C) Paris
D) Dublin
  • 9. What was the name of Oscar Wilde's wife?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Constance Lloyd
D) Jane Austen
  • 10. What was Oscar Wilde's first published work?
A) The Picture of Dorian Gray
B) Poems
C) The Importance of Being Earnest
D) Lady Windermere's Fan
  • 11. What was the cause of Oscar Wilde's death?
A) Meningitis
B) Pneumonia
C) Cancer
D) Heart attack
  • 12. What was the subtitle of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?
A) The Picture of an Ideal Man
B) Dorian's Reflection
C) The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
D) The Artist's Dilemma
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