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  • "There are only two tragedies in this life. One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it". - Oscar Wilde

    (11 Questions)

    When was Oscar Wilde born?

  • In what year did Oscar Wilde die?

  • How does Ada Leverson describe Constance?

  • Oscar describes his exploits in America.

    "They hanged two men in the theatre one night just before I gave a lecture. I felt. . . . "?

  • Oscar, Robbie Ross and John Gray are admiring the portraits on the wall.

    Robbie:
    This is a portrait of Lady Battersby as a young woman. She's sat over there as a matter of fact.

    What does Robbie add to this?
  • At the same function, John Gray is again with Oscar and says: I expect in her heart she thinks she still looks like this. If we could be young and innocent forever.

    Oscar:
    Do you think we would want to?

    John:
    If our souls were ugly, yes.

    What does Oscar say in response to this?

  • Constance:
    Oscar needs disciples. Lord Alfred is a poet, a very fine poet, Oscar says. Oscar and he talk about Plato and so on. There's nothing wrong . . . really there isn't.

    Who says the following in response: "It's not whether there is something wrong, it's whether there appears to be. That's all people care about".



  • How much did the blackmailers say they were offered for one of Oscar's private letters to Lord Alfred?

  • How many years 'hard labour' did Oscar receive from the court?

  • Where was Oscar describing when he said: My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go?

  • At Oscar's trial, Edward Carson says: Here is one of your pieces of literature. 'Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others'. Do you think that true?

    Oscar:
    Oh, I rarely think anything I write is true.

    Carson:
    If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later to be found out?

    Oscar:
    That is a pleasing paradox but I do not set very high store in it as an axiom.

    Carson:
    Is it good for the young?

    Oscar:
    Anything is good that stimulates thought at whatever age.

    Carson:
    Whether moral or immoral?

    What does Oscar say in response to this?

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