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OSCAR WILDE'S BIOGRAPHY

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHERE WAS OSCAR WILDE BORN?

a)

LONDON

b)

PARIS

c)

DUBLIN

d)

EDINBURGH

2.

WHAT IS HIS FULL NAME?

a)

OSCAR FINGAR O'FLAHERTIE WILSON WILDE

b)

OSCAR FINGAL O'FLAHERTIE WILLS WILDE

c)

OSCAR FINGAR FLAHERTIE WILLIS WILDE

d)

OSCAR FINGAL FLAHERTIE WALTER WILDE

3.

WHAT WAS HIS FATHER'S JOB?

a)

A NOVELIST

b)

A PAINTER

c)

A LAWYER

d)

A DOCTOR

4.

AFTER GETTING A DEGREE AT TRINITY COLLEGE, HE WON A SCHOLARSHIP AT

a)

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

b)

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

c)

OXFORD UNIVERSITY

d)

SORBONNE UNIVERRSITY

5.

AFTER UNIVERSITY, HE WENT TO THE USA...

a)

FOR A LECTURE TOUR

b)

TO MEET WALT WHITMAN

c)

TO WORK IN A THEATRE

d)

TO FIND INSPIRATION FOR HIS WORKS

6.

WALTER PATER WAS OSCAR WILDE'S

a)

FRIEND

b)

TEACHER

c)

RELATIVE

d)

MANGAER

7.

IN 1884 HE MARRIED

a)

LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS

b)

CONSTANCE LLOYD

c)

VIVIEN RUSSEL

d)

NO ONE. HE NEVER GOT MARRIED

8.

OSCAR WILDE PUBLISHED "THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES" FOR

a)

HIS PARTNER

b)

HIS PARENTS

c)

HIS CHILDREN

d)

HIS FRIENDS

9.

WHEN THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY WAS PUBLISHED

a)

IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

b)

IT WENT UNNOTICED

c)

IT WAS ATTACKED AS AN IMMORAL WORK

10.

WILDE'S FIRST PLAY WAS

a)

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

b)

AN IDEAL HUSBAND

c)

A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

d)

LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN

11.

HIS MOST POPUAR PLAY WAS

a)

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

b)

AN IDEAL HUSBAND

c)

A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

d)

LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN

12.

WHO DID HE MEET IN 1891, WHOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH OSCAR WILDE WAS DEFINED AS A "FATAL FRIENDSHIP"?

a)

LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS

b)

MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY

c)

ROBERT ROSS

d)

CONSTANCE LLOYD

13.

HE WAS LATER ACCUSED OF

a)

MURDER

b)

THEFT

c)

HOMOSEXUALITY

d)

FORGERY

14.

WHAT WAS THE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN TO WILDE AFTER THE COURT CASE?

a)

TWO YEARS

b)

THREE YEARS

c)

TWO YEARS WITH HARD LABOUR

d)

THREE YEARS WITH HARD LABOUR

15.

WHILE IN PRISON, OSCAR WILDE WROTE A LONG LETTER TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS WHICH WAS LATER PUBLISHED AS

a)

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

b)

AN IDEAL HUSBAND

c)

THE HAPPY PRINCE

d)

DE PROFUNDIS

16.

OSCAR WILDE DIED IN PARIS AT THE AGE OF 46 IN

a)

1899

b)

1900

c)

1901

d)

1902