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In Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton lends Dorian a "poisonous" yellow book that serves more or less to facilitate his descent into decadence and hedonism. What is the book's title?
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In Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian is reading a naughty French novel, confirmed by the color of its cover. What color is it?
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What Oscar Wilde work declares in its preface: "All art is quite useless."?
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At the end of the novel, Dorian Gray is able to be identified by only what?
(The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
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By what name did Oscar Wilde refer to Lord Alfred Douglas?
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In what Oscar Wilde play is the famous line "A handbag?" uttered?
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What is the name of Algernon's nonexistent friend in The Importance of Being Earnest?
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In the opening act of The Importance of Being Earnest, why are there no cucumber sandwiches for Aunt Augusta?
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In The Importance of Being Earnest, which character never pretended to be Ernest?The Importance of Being Earnest
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Which is the correct title of Oscar Wilde's only published novel?
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If cats could write poetry, in Henry Beard's Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse, whose Practical Cat might have submitted an entry entitled "The Love Song of J. Morris Housecat?"
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"There are two things that can be wrong with any man. One of them is a cheque. The other is a woman."
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"Women may show some discrimination about whom they sleep with, but they'll marry anybody."
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"We seek him here, we seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven or is he in hell?" Comes from what novel?
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What name did Oscar Wilde use after leaving prison?
Oscar Wilde
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Complete the missing word in this poem by Dorothy Parker: "If, with the literate, I am / Impelled to try an epigram / I never seek to take the credit; / We all assume that ______ said it."
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What is unique about the portrait in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray?
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Which novelist called Oscar Wilde "an unclean beast" and "a fatuous cad" after meeting him?
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In Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest, why is Gwendolen finally willing to marry Jack?
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In Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, who is Algernon?
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In The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, who is the real Ernest?
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What author said, "I am not young enough to know everything."
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Oscar Wilde spent time in jail.
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In the preface to his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, what does Oscar Wilde say about people who find ugly meanings in beautiful things?
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In "The Picture of Dorian Gray", what is the first incident that causes the picture to begin to change?
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Oscar Wilde's tomb in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris bears the following inscription in stone:
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Where do these lines come from?
"When a golden girl can win
Prayer from out the lips of sin,
When the barren almond bears,
And a little child gives away its tears,
Then shall all the house be still
And peace come to (...)."
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In the short story The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, "[the prince:] was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his" ______?
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In Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, which character remarks: "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast."?
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64 times (14.4%) |
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It's a fact that Oscar Wilde attended Trinity College in Dublin. What did he study while there?
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