TIOBE Context

Question 1

When was it premiered?

Answer 1

Valentine’s Day 1895

Question 2

Who was Wilde’s wife?

Answer 2

Constance Lloyd

Question 3

Who did Wilde have an affair with?

Answer 3

Lord Alfred Douglas

Question 4

Poem written by LAD which was entered as evidence in Wilde’s trial

Answer 4

Two loves

Question 5

Final line of that poem

Answer 5

I am the love that dare not speak its name.

Question 6

This poem was published in which magazine?

Answer 6

The Chameleon

Question 7

Who took Wilde to court?

Answer 7

Marquess of Queensbury - LAD’s dad

Question 8

Name of the poem that Wilde wrote about his experiences in jail.

Answer 8

Ballad of Reading gaol

Question 9

Name that he published this poem under

Answer 9

Prisoner 4099

Question 10

How many children did Wilde have?

Answer 10

2

Question 11

What did Wilde’s family do after he was found guilty?

Answer 11

Changed their name and moved to Holland

Question 12

Where did Wilde die?

Answer 12

Paris

Question 13

What was a possible cause of death?

Answer 13

Meningitis which may have been contracted by Syphilis

Question 14

What three words of accusation on a calling card precipitated Wilde’s trail

Answer 14

A posing somdomite (sodomite)

Question 15

Who was Queen of England during Wilde’s lifetime?

Answer 15

Queen Victoria

Question 16

What years was Queen Victoria on the throne?

Answer 16

1837-1901

Question 17

The mid-nineteenth century Crisis of Faith was caused in part by the publication of which book?

Answer 17

The Origin of Species 1859

Question 18

Power of the elite in Victorian times

Answer 18

Autocracy

Question 19

Lady Bracknell is fearful of which revolution which saw the monarchy overthrown by workers?

Answer 19

The French Revolution. 1789 or 1848

Question 20

When did Victoria begin to wear black for the rest of her life?

Answer 20

1861 after the death of her husband, Albert

Question 21

Walter Pater articulated many of the ideas associated with what artistic movement?

Answer 21

Aestheticism

Question 22

What did the Free Woman movement (which we could align Gwendolen’s marital views with) do?

Answer 22

Pushed the limits set by male-dominated society, seeking equal social, marital and voting rights.

Question 23

Who directed the recent film adaption of TIOBE?

Answer 23

Parker 1998

Question 24

What is TIOBE’s subtitle?

Answer 24

A trivial COMEDY for serious people.

Question 25

Other self

Answer 25

Alter ego

Question 26

Jack goes by what name in the town?

Answer 26

Ernest

Question 27

What is the name of Algernon’s fictitious, invalid friend?

Answer 27

Bunbury

Question 28

Lady’s Bracknell’s opening line

Answer 28

dear Algernon, I hope you are behaving very well

Question 29

Algy’ response to AA’s first line

Answer 29

I’m feeling very well, Aunt Augusta

Question 30

As the curtain drops how many couples are left on stage

Answer 30

3

Question 31

What traditional stock role from comedies does Lady Bracknell play?

Answer 31

The block

Question 32

Significance of the name Augusta

Answer 32

Derived from emperor Augustus, autocratic, aggressive leader

Question 33

The final 6 words of the play

Answer 33

The vital importance of being Earnest.

Question 34

At the end of the play, Lady Bracknell accuses Jack of what?

Answer 34

displaying signs of triviality

Question 35

Miss Prism’s most important line

Answer 35

As a man sows, so shall he reap

Question 36

We live in an age of

Answer 36

Ideals - Gwendolen

Question 37

Algy - I have dared to love you

Answer 37

wildly, passionately, hopelessly, devotedly