Oscar Wilde Quiz

When was Oscar Wilde born?

• October 16th, 1854

• November 16th, 1854

• October 16th, 1864

• November 16th, 1864

What was the name of Oscar Wilde's first play?

• The Importance of Being Earnest

• Lady Windermere's Fan

• An Ideal Husband

• A Woman of No Importance

Which novel by Oscar Wilde was published in 1890?

• The Picture of Dorian Gray

• The Happy Prince

• The House of Pomegranates

• The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Who was Oscar Wilde's wife?

• Jane Wilde

• Constance Lloyd

• Mary Shelley

• Emily Brontë

What was the name of the magazine Wilde worked for from 1887-1889?

• Woman's World

• The New Yorker

• Harper's Bazaar

• Vogue

Which of the following plays was NOT written by Oscar Wilde?

• A Woman of No Importance

• An Ideal Husband

• The Importance of Being Earnest

• Hamlet

What was the name of the person Wilde met in the summer of 1891?

• Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas

• William Shakespeare

• Charles Dickens

• George Bernard Shaw

Which aesthetic movement did Wilde join while at Oxford?

• Romanticism

• Aesthetic Movement

• Realism

• Modernism

What was the profession of Wilde's father, William Wilde?

• Doctor

• Lawyer

• Poet

• Teacher

In what year did Oscar Wilde die?

• 1890

• 1900

• 1910

• 1920