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Author - Oscar Wilde 0001

Oscar Wilde could never be accused of not speaking his mind - he is as well known for his exploits in court as for his literary genius! Do you know how many novels he wrote, what was his father's profession and who he sued for slander?

  1. Wilde was born in which city in 1854?

  2. What was Wilde's father's profession?

  3. What is the title of Wilde's only novel?

  4. What is the name of the governess in Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest?

  5. What is the title of Wilde's four act comedy, first produced in 1892?

  6. Whom did Wilde unsuccessfully sue for slander in 1895?

  7. What is the name of the Chelsea street in which the house where Wilde once lived now carries a blue plaque from English Heritage?

  8. Wilde's 1891 play tells the story of which Biblical character?

  9. Wilde's 1893 play A Woman of No Importanc is set in which English country house?

  10. Jack Worthing, the central character in The Importance of Being Earnest, is found as a baby in a handbag in the cloakroom of which railway station?

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