Trivia Quiz: Importance of Being Earnest

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Question 1: Which of these words is Oscar Wilde credited with inventing?

 A: Dude
 B: Moron
 C: Quiz
 D: Squawk

Question 2: "The Importance of Being Earnest" was first performed for the public on:

 A: Christmas Day
 B: Boxing Day
 C: New Year's Eve
 D: Valentine's Day

Question 3: Wilde's first love, Florence Balcome, ended up becoming engaged to:

 A: Bram Stoker
 B: H.G. Wells
 C: Robert Louis Stevenson
 D: Thomas Hardy

Question 4: The play's main character, John Worthing, gets his last name from:

 A: Wilde's wife's maiden name
 B: A close friend's last name
 C: The town where Wilde lived at the time
 D: The name inside a tag on one of Wilde's jackets

Question 5: Wilde's original draft of the play contained:

 A: An extra character
 B: An extra act
 C: A subplot concerning offstage characters
 D: A song in the third act

Question 6: What character in the play has been called "The wittiest character in the English Canon"?

 A: John Worthing
 B: Lady Bracknell
 C: Algernon Moncrieff
 D: Cecily Cardew

Question 7: The play introduced the term "Bunburying," which refers to:

 A: Lying about one's social standing
 B: Creating a false identity to maintain a romantic relationship
 C: A woman "engaging" herself to a man she loves from afar
 D: Making up a sick friend to get out of previous commitments

Question 8: Who was the nonexistent Ernest Worthing said to be?

 A: John Worthing's wicked brother
 B: Algernon Moncrieff's dying cousin
 C: John Worthing's father
 D: Cecily Cardew's guardian

Question 9: After Wilde's trial and imprisonment, his sons changed their last name to:

 A: Fairfax
 B: Lloyd
 C: Speranza
 D: Holland

Question 10: Where is Oscar Wilde buried?

 A: London
 B: Paris
 C: Florence
 D: Berlin



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