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