Short Story / Oscar Wilde's Biography

Short stories usually focus on:

• multiple themes only

• a single theme, but multiple subjects

• multiple subjects or theme

• a single subject or theme.

Short stories usually take place in a ______ setting and begin 'into the ______________'.

• single; middle of things

• multiple; middle of things

• multiple; beginning of the things

• single; end of the things

One difference between a short story and a novel is that on the short story there is only one plot line, therefore:

• there is room for extended developments

• there is a need to extend the developments

• there is little room or need for the extended developments

Due to the limitations of the genre, short stories typically focus on just one or a couple characters.

• True

• False

The earliest precursors to the short story can be found in the written storytelling tradition.

• True

• False

Oscar Wilde wrote and published nearly all of his major work in

• the first years of his marriage

• the beginning of his carrer

• the final decade of his life

• prision

Oscar Wilde was a poet and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel.

• True

• False

Oscar Wilde's mother was

• a revolutionary poet

• a housewife

• a teacher

• an ordinary writer

Oscar Wilde did not attend any college

• True

• False

Wilde’s greatest successes were his society ___________. His first success, Lady Windermere's Fan, demonstrated that this wit could revitalize the rusty machinery of French drama.

• dramas

• comedies

• novels

• poetry