The Nightingale and the Rose

Which are works of Oscar Wilde?

• The Happy Prince and Other Tales

• Snow White

• Romeo and Juliet

• A Woman of No importance

What troubles the young student at the beginning of the story?

• He can't find a red rose.

• He can't find the Nightingale.

• He lost a red rose.

• His lover denied his invitation.

The Nightingale is a symbol of...

• True love

• Sacrifice

• Purity

• Materialism

Which literary device is used in this sentence?

"Here is the reddest rose in all the world."

• Comparison

• Simile

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

Fairy tales is a type of imagination writing that carries the readers into an invented world where the laws of nature, as we know them, do not operate.

• TRUE

• FALSE

At the end of the story the girl throws the rose in the street because she is disgusted with the student.....

• TRUE

• FALSE

What did the Student actually think about love?

• It was a silly thing

• It was more useful than reason

• It was wonderful

• It hurts

How many kinds of rose tree did the Nightingale meet?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many literary devices are used in the following passage?

“Give me a red rose,” she cried, “and I will sing you my sweetest song.”

But the Tree shook its head.

“My roses are white,” it answered, “as white as the foam of the sea, and whiter than the snow upon the mountain.  But go to my brother who grows round the old sun-dial, and perhaps he will give you what you want.”

So the Nightingale flew over to the Rose-tree that was growing round the old sun-dial.

“Give me a red rose,” she cried, “and I will sing you my sweetest song.”

But the Tree shook its head.

“My roses are yellow,” it answered; “as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne, and yellower than the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before the mower comes with his scythe.  But go to my brother who grows beneath the Student’s window, and perhaps he will give you what you want.”

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which character trait does NOT apply to the Nightingale?

• Self-sacrificing

• Naive

• Selfish

• Idealistic