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