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    Wilde, Oscar

    Who is Bunbury?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      Algernon's imaginary friend. Bunbury, as an ailing invalid, was a terrific excuse for Algernon to get out of engagements he would rather avoid.

    Where is Manor House located?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      Hertfordshire. Woolton, Hertfordshire to be exact.

    Why did Cecily and Gwendolen argue?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      They thought they were engaged to the same person. Both of them thought they were engaged to Ernest Worthing, yet neither of them were.

    Who is Jack's real brother?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      Algernon Moncrieff. Imagine the surprise of discovering you didn't need to create an imaginary brother when you had a real brother nearby the whole time?

    Who found Jack?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      Thomas Cardew. Miss Prism is the one who actually lost Jack to begin with.

    Where was Jack found?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      in a handbag at Victoria station. The Brighton Line, to be exact.

    What does Lane, Algernon's servant, do when Algernon remarks that there are no cucumber sandwiches for his aunt?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      He says there were no cucumbers in the market. Of course, we all know that Algernon had actually eaten them all, but it is a good servant who does not implicate his boss.

    According to her grandfather's will, how old will Cecily be when she finally "comes of age"?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      35. A little overprotective, don't you think?

    Under what condition will Jack consent to allow Cecily and Algernon to marry?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      If Lady Bracknell will consent to let Jack and Gwendolen marry. He said he would not object if he were allowed to marry Gwendolen. Unfortunately, Lady Bracknell stated that Cecily and Algernon could just wait until Cecily came of age.

    And finally, who is the real Ernest?Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

      Jack Worthing. Jack created Ernest Worthing as his imaginary brother, and, in London, he claimed to be Ernest Worthing. When Algernon found out about Jack's double-life, he decided to use the name Ernest Worthing in order to meet Cecily. When Jack discovers who he really is, his aunt tell him that he was named after his father, Ernest John Moncrieff.

    In which year did Wilde publish "The Picture of Dorian Gray"? Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

      1891. "Lady Windemere's Fan" was published in 1892; "A Woman of No Importance" was published in 1893; and I just picked 1888 for Jack the Ripper's sake!

    How does Sibyl Vane die?Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

      poisons herself. Henry tells Dorian that she swallowed prussic acid or white lead. The strangling with hair is from Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover".

    Last one on Sibyl! What is her name for Dorian?Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

      Prince Charming. She calls him her Prince Charming; all very sweet, but it's hearing the name that leads her brother to Dorian later on.

    Okay- and in the same vein, which quotation is NOT from Dorian Gray?Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

      "We must treat the trivial things in life seriously and the serious things with sincere and studied triviality". I don't actually know where this is from, but it's one of my favourite Wildeans ever!

    How do the people who find Dorian's body recognise it?Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

      from the rings. This has to be the best closing paragraph ever written! "When they entered they found hanging on the wall a splendid portrait of their master as they had last seen him in all the wonder of his exquisite youth and beauty. Lying on the floor was a dead man in evening dress with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognised who it was."

    According to Lord Goring in Act 3 of "An Ideal Husband", "To love oneself is the beginning of__________"?Oscar Wilde: General Knowledge

      lifelong romance. Wilde had a few of this kind of character in his plays, thought to be a reflection of himself - a sort of pompous, self-sufficient sort of chap. In the stage prompts Goring is described as "the first well dressed philosopher."

    Who does Jack claim the inscription on his cigarette case is from, in "The Importance of Being Earnest"?Oscar Wilde: General Knowledge

      His aunt Cecily. Cecily is in fact Jack's ward, but he tries to convince Algy she is his aunt so as to avoid telling him the truth about his double life.

    In the prologue to "Vera", how is the prisoner who hides his face related to her?Oscar Wilde: General Knowledge

      brother. The prisoner is Dmitri, Vera's brother.

    The Prince of Wales attended but few plays in this era. Which of Wilde's plays did he see?Oscar Wilde: General Knowledge

      The Importance of Being Earnest. In those days this honour was seldom awarded, but Wilde received it.

    Wilde threatened to denounce his British Citizenship after a license was refused to which play?Oscar Wilde: General Knowledge

      Salome. It happened in 1892 because of the biblical content. The threat remained empty though.

    In "Lady Windermere's Fan" the actual fan was a birthday gift from whom?Oscar Wilde: General Knowledge

      Lord Windermere. The others all admired it but Lord Windermere gave it to her.

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