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