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WorksheetsDorian Grey/Oscar Wilde Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
The process of corruption is when:
A skeleton comes back to life
A person loses their moral values
The weather forecast is wrong
A person catches a viral disease
Which of the following story premises would best fit with corruption as a theme?
A painter sets out to create his ultimate work
A young man fights in a revolutionary war
A pandemic destroys half the population
A man becomes a scammer to pay off his gambling debt
Hedonism is a way of life focused around:
Becoming a hero
The study of heads
Defeating heathens
The pursuit of pleasure
Which of the following story premises would best fit with hedonism as a theme?
A man quits his job to spend every day partying
A teenager finds a magic book that kills whoever’s name is written into it
A rebel fights against an evil empire
A woman searches for her long lost daughter
Aestheticism is an philosophy focused on the importance of _________.
Self-discipline
Fruits and vegetables
Homosexuality
Appearance
Which of the following story premises would best fit with aestheticism as a theme?
A boy learns karate from an mysterious old man
A fashionista designs the ultimate dress
An amateur rock band makes it big
A undercover spy pretends to be a kindergarten teacher
Mortalism is:
To be unable to grow old or die.
To become a bad person.
To know that all things come to an end.
To live without thinking about consequences.
Which of the following story premises would best fit with mortalism as a theme?
A story about gods that live forever.
A story about a terminally ill assassin.
A story about a mad scientist.
A story about a master thief.
Oscar Wilde was originally from:
Scotland
Germany
England
Ireland
Which of these is NOT true about Oscar Wilde?
He was married to three people
He died of meningitis
He had children
He worked as an editor for a women’s magazine
Oscar Wilde was arrested and convicted of:
Larceny
Arson
Homosexuality
Sodomy
The Picture of Dorian Gray initially received bad reviews in Victorian England because it had __________ undertones.
Democratic
Homoerotic
Unpatriotic
Hedonistic
Believers in aestheticism (aesthetes) asserted that:
God is a work of art
Art imitates life
Life should copy art
Art should never cost money
What advertising method was new to Victorian England?
Half-time commercials
Celebrity endorsement
Radio advertisements
Hypnopedia
Aestheticism was inspired by an art style which came from:
Germany
China
The United States
Japan
Which of the following was NOT one of Oscar Wilde's middle names?
Fingal
Wills
O'Flannigan
O'Flahertie
What was the real name of Oscar's bae, Bosie?
Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Lionel Richie
Lord Albert Donagal
Lord Basil Donovan
One of his most well-received plays was "The Importance of Being____?"
Henry
Honest
Earnest
Elegant
What were Oscar Wilde's famous last words, supposedly?
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
“This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.”
“I’d hate to die twice—it’s so boring”
“I’m bored with it all.”
Oscar Wilde's wife divorced him after he was released from prison.
True
False
