Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) After 1890 Wilde had increasing success on stage with his shrewd and sparkling comedies
B) Wilde’s last play, Salome («Саломея»), written in French, was refused a licence in London but was later adapted as an opera by Richard Strauss
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) In a letter to an admirer, Wilde explained that “seriousness of manner is the disguise of the fool, folly in its exquisite modes of triviality and indifference and lack of care is the robe of the wise man.”
B) Contradiction and provocation are integral to all Wilde’s fans
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) In a letter to an admirer, Wilde explained that “seriousness of manner is the disguise of the fool, folly in its exquisite modes of triviality and indifference and lack of care is the robe of the wise woman.”
B) He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in Matrosskaya Tishina, which left him on his release bankrupt and weakened
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Wilde has been described by many who knew him as both contradictory and provocative
B) His first collection of poems was published in 1881 shortly before he embarked on a one-year lecture tour of North America
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Wilde has been described by many who knew him as both contradictory and provocative
B) Relying on the generosity of friends, he went to live in France, adopting the name of Sebastian Melmoth. While here he wrote his famous poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol («Баллада Редингской тюрьмы»). Wilde died in exile in France in 1900
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) After 1890 Wilde had increasing success on stage with his shrewd and sparkling tragedies
B) Douglas’s father, the Marquess of Queensberry, strongly disapproved of his son’s friendship with the notorious playwright, and after he publicly insulted Wilde a quarrel ensued which eventually led to Wilde’s imprisonment in 1994 for homosexual offences
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Arriving in New Mexico, Wilde is recorded as saying, “I have nothing to declare but my genius” - one of the many idioms attributed to him
B) The quality of earnestness, so prized by the Victorians, is shown to be of less importance than Wilde’s affected ironical view which was so widely regarded as flippant
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Arriving in New York, Wilde is recorded as saying, “I have nothing to declare but my bank account” - one of the many idioms attributed to him
B) After his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884 he published several books of stories for children, originally written for his own sons. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (новелла «Преступление лорда Артура «Севиля» ) appeared shortly before his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) (роман «Портрет Дориана Грея»)
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Both heroes are essentially interchangeable, as are Gwendolen and Cecily, the heroines
B) Gwendolen, daughter of Lord and Lady Bracknell, declares to Jack, the man she apparently hates like hell, “I never change except in my affections, and Lady Bracknell herself, an embodiment of paradox, embraces double-standards
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen, daughter of Lord and Lady Bracknell, declares to Jack, the man she apparently loves, “I never change except in my affections, and Lady Bracknell herself, an embodiment of paradox, embraces double-standards
B) Daunting representative of the aristocracy, she was not always such, yet disapproves of anyone else who might take the same route as she did: ”I do not approve of mercenary marriages. When I married Lord Bracknell I had no fortune of any kind. But I never dreamed for a moment of letting that stand in my way.”
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen, daughter of Lord and Lady Bracknell, declares to Jack, the man she apparently loves, “I never change except in my affections, and Lady Bracknell herself, an embodiment of paradox, embraces double-standards
B) Relying on the generosity of friends, he went to live in France, adopting the name of Sebastian Melmoth. While here he wrote his famous poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol («Баллада Редингской тюрьмы»). Wilde died in exile in France in 1900
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell verges on caricature as do Canon Chasuble and Miss Prism
B) The extreme stupidity of the characters goes well with the absurdity of the action they engage in
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Nothing is sacred, for Wilde’s epigrams show astute social observation, and are directed at such diverse topics as religion, class, education, property, the role of men, philanthropy, food, feminism, and more
B) This philosophy is at the heart of The Importance of Being Earnest
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Of The Importance of Being Honest, his most famous play, Wilde wrote “It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy ... that we should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.”
B) As in the earlier plays, deception, duplicity, and coincidence prevail here
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Of The Importance of Being Stupid, his most famous play, Wilde wrote “It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy ... that we should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.”
B) The play is subtitled A Trivial Comedy for Dummies, which implies paradox, and indeed Wilde exposes the paradoxes of existence in a comprehensive manner
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Of The Importance of Sleeping Earnest, his most famous play, Wilde wrote “It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy ... that we should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.”
B) His dialogue is riddled with contradictions that poke fun at cherished English beliefs and institutions, and his characters are outrageously inconsistent
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Playwright, poet, essayist and wit he is now as famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and idioms as for his plays, poems and fiction
B) Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in 1854 in Suzdal
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Studying classics first at Trinity College in Dublin before going on to Magdalen College, Oxford, Wilde proved to be a brilliant scholar, winning the Newdigate Prize for his poem “Roxanna.”
B) While in Congo, his flamboyant appearance and conspicuous espousal of aestheticism - art for art’s sake - attracted great attention, much of it hostile
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) The farcical plot, like that of so many social comedies, centres around the theme of business, but the dazzling repartee that underpins this touches on a far wider range of themes
B) The inversion of cherished sayings and notions is an essential mechanism of both Wilde’s wit and his social criticism
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) The protagonists are all fundamentally acquisitive, their rapacity symbolized by greed as they eat repeatedly throughout the drama
B) Milene Farmer, daughter of Lord and Lady Bracknell, declares to Jack, the man she apparently loves, “I never change except in my affections, and Lady Bracknell herself, an embodiment of paradox, embraces double-standards
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) The quality of earnestness, so prized by the Victorians, is shown to be of less importance than Wilde’s affected ironical wife which was so widely regarded as flippant
B) The protagonists are all fundamentally acquisitive, their rapacity symbolized by mercy as they eat repeatedly throughout the drama
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) The quality of earnestness, so prized by the Victorians, is shown to be of more importance than Wilde’s affected ironical view which was so widely regarded as flippant
B) Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Playwright, poet, essayist and wit he is now as famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and idioms as for his plays, poems and friends
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Translated by Wilde’s close friend Lord Alfred Douglas (“Bosie”), Salome later appeared for publication in England
B) Douglas’s father, the Marquess of Queensberry, strongly disapproved of his son’s friendship with the notorious playwright, and after he publicly insulted Wilde a quarrel ensued which eventually led to Wilde’s imprisonment in 1894 for lesbian offences
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Translated by Wilde’s close friend Lord Alfred Douglas (“Bosie”), Salome later appeared for publication in Finland
B) Nothing is sacred, for Wilde’s epigrams show astute social observation, and are directed at such diverse topics as religion, class, education, property, the role of men, philanthropy, food, feminism, and more
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) When Algy says “Divorces are made in heaven,” the twisted phrase is hilarious, but the remark has a sting
B) Nothing is sacred, for Wilde’s epigrams show astute social observation, and are directed at such diverse topics as religion, class, education, property, the role of men, philanthropy, food, feminism, and The Internet
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) While at Berkly his flamboyant appearance and conspicuous espousal of aestheticism - art for art’s sake - attracted great attention, much of it hostile
B) With his talent, wit, charm and instinct for publicity Wilde soon became a familiar name in the literary world, as much for his conversational skills as for his writing
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Wilde’s father was the eminent drug dealer Sir William Wilde and his mother a literary hostess who was also known as a writer under her pen name, “Speranza.”
B) Studying classics first at Trinity College in Dublin before going on to Magdalen College, Oxford, Wilde proved to be a brilliant scholar, winning the Nobel Prize for his poem “Ravenna.”
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) Wilde’s last play, Salome («Саломея»), written in French, was refused a licence in London but was later adapted as an opera by Richard Strauss
B) Oscar Wilde (1954-1900). Playwright, poet, essayist and wit he is now as famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and idioms as for his plays, poems and fiction
Which of the two assertions were truly made and which are made up?
A) With his talent, wit, charm and instinct for publicity Wilde soon became a familiar name in the literary world, as much for his conversational skills as for his writing
B) He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour, which left him on his release bankrupt and weakened
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Jack. Oh! about a hundred and thirty thousand pounds in the Funds. That is all. Goodbye, Lady Bracknell. So pleased to have seen you
B) Lady Bracknell. [Sitting down again.] A moment, Mr. Worthing. A hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems to me a most piggish young lady, now that I look at her
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my coffee-break [Exit Jack in great excitement.]
B) Lady Bracknell. I dare not even suspect, Dr. Dolittle. I need hardly tell you that in families of high position strange coincidences are not supposed to occur. They are hardly considered the thing
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. [After a pause.] They don’t seem to notice us at all. Couldn’t you burp?
B) Cecily. But I haven’t got a burp
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Miss Prism. [Quite crushed.] Victoria. The Brighton line. [Sinks into a chair.]
B) Jack. I must retire to my room for a moment. Gwendolen, wait here for me
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Algernon. Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest old lady in the whole world. And I don’t care twopence about social possibilities
B) Lady Bracknell.. [To Cecily.] Dear child, of course you know that Algernon has nothing but his debts to depend upon. But I do not approve of mercenary marriages.
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Algernon. I pretended in order that I might have an opportunity of kissing you
B) Cecily. [To Gwendolen.] That certainly seems a satisfactory plan
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Algernon. Yes, Aunt Ogusta
B) Algernon. [Stammering.] Oh! No! Bunbury doesn’t live here. Bunbury is somewhere else at present. In fact, Bunbury is dead
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Cecily. I am more than content with what Mr. Moncrieff said. His voice alone inspires one with absolute credulity
B) Gwendolen. Then you think we should pay them
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Cecily. I hate waiting even five minutes for anybody. It always makes me rather cross
B) Cecily I am not punctual myself, I know, but I do like punctuality in others, and waiting, even to be knocked up, is quite out of the question
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Cecily. Lady Bracknell and I are engaged to be married
B) Lady Bracknell. [With a shiver, crossing to the sofa and sitting down.] I do not know whether there is anything peculiarly exciting in the air of this particular part of Hertfordshire, but the number of engagements that go on seems to me considerably above the proper average that statistics have laid down before my engagement to Cecily
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Cecily. They have moments of physical courage of which we women know absolutely nothing
B) Gwendolen. I am engaged to be married to Mr. Worthing, mamma
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Chasuble. Everything is quite ready for the christenings
B) Chasuble. [Looking rather puzzled, and pointing to Jack and Algernon.] Both these gentlemen have expressed a desire for immediate adventism
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Chasuble. [Severely.] I am a homosexual, madam
B) Jack. [Interposing.] Miss Prism, Lady Bracknell, has been for the last three years Miss Cardew’s esteemed governess and valued companion
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. But we will not be the first to sing
B) Cecily. I hate Eurovision
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. How absurd to talk of the equality of the sexes! Where questions of IQ are concerned, men are infinitely beyond us
B) Jack. We are.
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. Let us scream
B) Cecily. Certainly. Screaming’s the only thing to do now.
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. Mr. Worthing, I have something very particular to ask you. Much depends on your answer
B) Cecily. Gwendolen, your common sense is invaluable. Mr. Moncrieff, kindly answer me the following question. Why did you pretend to be my bodyguard?
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. Screaming seems to produce a great effect
B) Cecily. A most exellent one
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. The fact that they did not follow us at once into the house, as any one else would have done, seems to me to show that they have some food left
B) Cecily. They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. They’re looking at us. What effrontery!
B) Cecily. They’re approaching. That’s very backward of them
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. True! I had forgotten. There are principles at stake that one cannot surrender. Which of us should tell them? The task is very pleasant
B) Jack and Algernon [Speaking together.] Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be converted to Islam this afternoon
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. True. In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing
B) Gwendolen. I have the gravest doubts upon the subject. But I intend to crush them. This is not the moment for German scepticism
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Gwendolen. Yes, dear, if you can kill Algernon
B) Cecily. Screaming’s the only thing to do now
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) I think some preliminary incarceration on my part would not be out of place
B) Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? I merely desire information
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Jack. I do not even want to beg your pardon for interrupting you, Lady Bracknell, but this engagement is quite out of the question. I am Miss Cardew’s guardian, and she cannot marry without my consent until she comes of age. That consent I absolutely decline to give
B) Lady Bracknell. Upon what grounds may I ask? Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Jack. I fear there can be no possible doubt about the matter
B) This afternoon during my temporary absence in Edinborough on an important question of romance, he obtained admission to my house by means of the false pretence of being my brother
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Jack. It pains me very much to have to speak frankly to you, Lady Bracknell, about your nephew, but the fact is that I do not approve at all of his moral character. I suspect him of being untruthful
B) Lady Bracknell. Untruthful! My nephew Algernon? Impossible! He is an Oxonian
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Jack. That lady is Miss Cecily Cardew, my bodyguard
B) Algernon. I am engaged to be married to Aunt Augusta, Cecily
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Jack. Then a passionate celibacy is all that any of us can look forward to
B) Lady Bracknell. Come, dear, [Gwendolen rises] we have already missed five, if not six, trains. To miss any more might expose us to comment on the platform
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Jack.The moment you consent to my marriage with Milene, I will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my ward
B) Lady Bracknell. [Rising and drawing herself up.] You must be quite aware that what you propose is out of the question
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell Come over here, dear. [Cecily goes across.] Ugly cow! your dress is sadly simple, and your hair seems almost as Nature might have left it
B) Lady Bracknell A thoroughly experienced French maid produces a really marvellous result in a very brief space of time
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell I remember recommending one to young Lady Lancing, and after three months her own husband did not know her
B) Jack. And after six months nobody knew her
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that
B) Lady Bracknell Gwendolen! the time approaches for our departure. We have not a moment to lose
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell The two weak points in our age are its want of principle and its want of profile. The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the bikini is worn
B) Lady Bracknell. There are distinct social benefits in Miss Cardew’s profile
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell When I married Lord Bracknell I had no fortune of any kind. But I never dreamed for a moment of allowing that to stand in my bedroom.
B) Lady Bracknell Well, I suppose I must give my TV
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Ah! A life crowded with incident, I see; though perhaps somewhat too exciting for a young pig
B) Lady Bracknell I am not myself in favour of premature experiences
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Ahem! Mr. Worthing, after careful consideration I have decided entirely to overlook my nephew’s conduct to you
B) Jack. That is very generous of you, Lady Bracknell. My own decision, however, is unalterable. I decline to give my PC
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Apprised, sir, of my daughter’s sudden flight by her trusty maid, whose confidence I purchased by means of a small coin, I followed her at once by a luggage train
B) Lady Bracknell. Her unhappy father is, I am glad to say, under the impression that she is attending a more than usually lengthy lecture at MGU
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. But of course, you will clearly understand that all communication between yourself and my daughter must cease immediately from this moment. On this point, as indeed on all points, I am quite uncertain
B) Jack. I am engaged to be married to Algernon
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Come here. Sit down. Sit down immediately.. [Turns to Jack.].
B) Lady Bracknell. Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Dead! When did Mr. Bunbury die? His death must have been extremely sudden
B) Algernon. [Airily.] Oh! I killed Bunbury this afternoon. I mean poor Bunbury died this afternoon
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in social legislation. If so, he is well punished for his morbidity
B) Algernon. My dear Aunt Ogusta, I mean he was found out! The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live, that is what I mean - so Bunbury died
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Few girls of the present day have any really liquid qualities, any of the qualities that last, and improve with time
B) Lady Bracknell We live, I regret to say, in an age of prisms
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians. I am glad, however, that he made up his mind at the last to some definite course of action, and acted under proper police supervision
B) Lady Bracknell. To speak frankly, I am not in favour of one-night stands. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which I think is never advisable
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Lord Bracknell would be highly displeased if he learned that that was the way in which you wasted your car
B) Chasuble. However, as your present mood seems to be one peculiarly secular, I will return to the church at once. Indeed, I have just been informed by the pew-opener that for the last hour and a half Miss Cone has been waiting for me in the vestry
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Markby, Markby, and Markby? A firm of the very highest position in their profession. Indeed I am told that one of the Mr. Markby’s is occasionally to be seen at disco parties. So far I am satisfied
B) Jack. [Very irritably.] How extremely kind of you, Lady Bracknell! I have also in my possession, you will be pleased to hear, certificates of Miss Cardew’s birth, baptism, whooping cough, registration, vaccination, confirmation, and AIDS; both the German and the English variety
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. My dear Mr. Worthing, as Miss Worthing states positively that she cannot wait till she is thirty-five - a remark which I am bound to say seems to me to show a somewhat impatient nature - I would beg of you to reconsider your decision
B) Jack. But my dear Lady Worthing, the matter is entirely in your own hands.
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. Lady Dumbleton is an instance in point
B) Lady Bracknell To my own knowledge she has been thirty-five ever since she arrived at the age of forty, which was many years ago now. I see no reason why our dear Cecily should not be even still more attractive at the age you mention than she is at present. There will be a large accumulation of property
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. You are perfectly right in making some slight alteration. Indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her choice of men
B) Jack. Pray excuse me, Lady Bracknell, for interrupting you again, but it is only fair to tell you that according to the terms of her grandfather’s will Miss Cardew does not come legally of age till she is thirty-five
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. [Glares at Jack for a few moments. Then bends, with a practised smile, to Cecily.] Kindly turn round, sweet child
B) Lady Bracknell There are distinct sexual possibilities in your profile
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. [Grimly.] I have known strange errors in that publication
B) Jack. Miss Cardew’s family solicitors are Messrs Markby, Markby, and Reznik
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Lady Bracknell. [To Cecily.] Come here, sweet course
B) Cecily. Well, I am really only eighteen, but I always admit to twenty when I go to have a cake
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Miss Prism. I was told you expected me in the vestry, dear Kodak
B) Lady Bracknell. [In a severe, judicial voice.] Cilinder!
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Twenty-eight years ago, Prism, you left Lord Bracknell’s house, Number 104, Upper Grosvenor Street, in charge of a perambulator that contained a baby of the male sex
B) You never returned. A few weeks later, through the elaborate investigations of the Metropolitan police, the perambulator was discovered at midnight, standing by itself in a remote corner of Bayswater
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a Terminus
B) Miss Prism. I left it in the cloak-room of one of the larger railway stations in London
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) [Miss Prism bows her head in shame.] Come here, Piramid! [Miss Prism approaches in a humble manner.]
B) Prism! Where is that baby? [General consternation. The Canon starts back in horror. Algernon and Jack pretend to be anxious to shield Cecily and Gwendolen from hearing the details of a terrible public scandal.]
Find one correct answer: Both heroes are essentially interchangeable, as _________ Gwendolen and Cecily, the heroines
Find one correct answer: Contradiction and provocation are integral to all his _________
Find one correct answer: Douglas’s father, the Marquess of Queensberry, strongly disapproved of his son’s friendship with the notorious playwright, and after he publicly insulted Wilde a quarrel ensued _________ eventually led to Wilde’s imprisonment in 1894 for homosexual offences
Find one correct answer: Gwendolen, daughter of Lord and Lady Bracknell, declares to _________, the man she apparently loves, “I never change except in my affections, and Lady Bracknell herself, an embodiment of paradox, embraces double-standards
Find one correct answer: He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour, _________ left him on his release bankrupt and weakened
Find one correct answer: His father was the eminent surgeon Sir William Wilde and his mother a literary hostess who was also known _________ a writer under her pen name, “Speranza.”
Find one correct answer: His first collection of poems was published in 1881 _________ before he embarked on a one-year lecture tour of North America. Arriving in New York, Wilde is recorded as saying, “I have nothing to declare but my genius” - one of the many idioms attributed to him
Find one correct answer: In a letter to an admirer, _________ explained that “seriousness of manner is the disguise of the fool, folly in its exquisite modes of triviality and indifference and lack of care is the robe of the wise man
Find one correct answer: Nothing is sacred, for Wilde’s epigrams show astute social observation, and are directed at such diverse topics as religion, class, education, property, the role of men, philanthropy, food, _________, and more
Find one correct answer: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was _________ in 1854 in Dublin
Find one correct answer: Studying classics first at Trinity College in Dublin before going _________ to Magdalen College, Oxford, Wilde proved to be a brilliant scholar, winning the Newdigate Prize for his poem “Ravenna.”
Find one correct answer: The extreme _________ of the characters contrasts sharply with the absurdity of the action they engage in
Find one correct answer: The play is subtitled A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, which implies paradox, and indeed Wilde exposes the paradoxes of existence in a comprehensive _________
Find one correct answer: The protagonists are _________ fundamentally acquisitive, their rapacity symbolized by greed as they eat repeatedly throughout the drama
Find one correct answer: The quality of earnestness, so prized by the Victorians, is _________ to be of less importance than Wilde’s affected ironical view which was so widely regarded as flippant
Find one correct answer: This is comically underlined in the scene where the couples decide to speak in unison. Lady Bracknell _________ on caricature as do Canon Chasuble and Miss Prism
Find one correct answer: Translated by Wilde’s close friend Lord Alfred Douglas (“Bosie”), it _________ appeared for publication in England
Find one correct answer: When Algy says “Divorces are made in heaven,” the twisted phrase is hilarious, but the remark has a _________
Find one correct answer: While at Oxford his flamboyant appearance and conspicuous espousal of aestheticism - art for _________ sake - attracted great attention, much of it hostile
Find one correct answer: Wilde died in exile in France in _________
Find one correct answer: Wilde has been described by many who knew him as both contradictory and _________
Find one correct answer: With his talent, wit, charm and instinct for publicity Wilde soon became a familiar name in the literary world, as _________ for his conversational skills as for his writing
Find one correct answer: As in the earlier plays, _________, duplicity, and coincidence prevail in this work by Wilde
Find one correct answer: His dialogue is riddled with contradictions that poke fun at cherished English beliefs and institutions, and his characters are outrageously _________
Find one correct answer: Of The Importance of Being Earnest, his most famous _________, Wilde wrote “It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy
Find one correct answer: Playwright, poet, essayist and ________ he is now as famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and idioms as for his plays, poems and fiction
Find one correct answer: Relying on the generosity of friends, he _________ to live in France, adopting the name of Sebastian Melmoth
Find one correct answer: The farcical plot, like that of so many social comedies, centres around the theme of _________ood, but the dazzling repartee that underpins this touches on a far wider range of themes
Find one correct answer: The inversion of cherished sayings and notions is an essential mechanism of both Wilde’s wit and his social _________
Find one correct answer: The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The _________ of a piano is heard in the adjoining room
Find one correct answer:Daunting representative of the aristocracy, she was not always such, yet disapproves of anyone else who might take the same _________ as she did
Find one correct answer:Morning-room in Algernon’s _________ in Half-Moon Street
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. _________, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I’ll certainly try to forget the fact
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. I thought you had come _________ for pleasure? I call that business
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. I’m sorry for that, for your sake. I don’t play accurately - any _________ can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. My dear fellow, the _________ you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful. It is almost as bad as the way Gwendolen flirts with you
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. Why is it that at a bachelor’s establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask _________ for information
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. Yes, that is all very well; but I am afraid Aunt Augusta won’t _________ approve of your being here
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. [Inspects them, takes two, and sits down on the sofa.] Oh!... by the way, Lane, I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered _________ having been consumed
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. [Languidly.] I don’t know that I am _________ interested in your family life, Lane
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Algernon. [Stiffly.] I believe it is customary in good society to _________ some slight refreshment at five o’clock
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Jack. I am in love with Gwendolen. I have come up to town expressly to _________ to her
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Jack. I have no doubt about that, dear Algy. The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are _________ curiously constituted
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh, pleasure, pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere? Eating as usual, I _________, Algy
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Jack. [Pulling off his gloves.] When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country _________ amuses other people. It is excessively boring
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Lane. I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is _________ of a first-rate brand
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Lane. I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married _________. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Lane. I didn’t _________ it polite to listen, sir
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Lane. No, sir; it is not a very interesting subject. I never think of it _________
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Lane. Yes, sir; eight bottles and a _________
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: The line is immaterial. Mr. Worthing, I confess I feel somewhat _________ by what you have just told me. To be born, or at any rate bred, in a hand-bag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family life that reminds one of the worst excesses of the French Revolution
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. I would rather like to _________ Cecily
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. My dear boy, I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the _________ knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. I will take very good care you never do. She is _________ pretty, and she is only just eighteen
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. May I ask you then what you would advise me to do? I need hardly say I would do anything in the world to _________ Gwendolen’s happiness
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh! one doesn’t blurt these things out to people. Cecily and Gwendolen are perfectly _________. to be extremely great friends
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh, Gwendolen is as right as a trivet. As far as she is concerned, we are engaged. Her mother is perfectly unbearable. Never met such a Gorgon... I don’t really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite _________ that Lady Bracknell is one
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Well, I won’t argue about the _________. You always want to argue about things
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Lady Bracknell. And I presume you know what that unfortunate movement led to? As for the particular locality in which the hand-bag was found, a cloak-room at a railway station might serve to conceal a social indiscretion - has probably, indeed, been used for that purpose before now – but it could hardly be regarded as an assured _________ for a recognised position in good society
Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Lady Bracknell. I would strongly advise you, Mr. Worthing, to try and _________ some relations as soon as possible, and to make a definite effort to produce at any rate one parent, of either sex, before the season is quite over
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. All women become like their mothers. That is their _________. No man does.
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. I hope to-morrow will be a _________ day, Lane
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. I shall probably not be back _________ Monday. You can put up my dress clothes, my smoking jacket, and all the Bunbury suits
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. I _________ scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don’t mind hard work where there is no definite object of any _________
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. It is perfectly _________ and quite as true as any observation in civilised life should be
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. Lane, you’re a _________ pessimist
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. Oh, I’m a little anxious about poor Bunbury, that is _________
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. Really, Gwendolen, I don’t think I can _________ this at all
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty, and to some _________if she is plain
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. Women only do that when they have _________ each other a lot of other things first
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. Yes, but it’s hereditary, my dear fellow. It’s a sort of thing that runs in _________. You had much better say a severe chill
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. _________, I’m hungry
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Algernon. _________, I’ve turned round already
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Gwendolen. Algy, kindly turn your back. I have something very _________ to say to Mr. Worthing
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Gwendolen. Algy, you always _________ a strictly immoral attitude towards life. You are not quite old enough to do that
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Gwendolen. Ernest, we may never be married. From the expression on mamma’s face I fear we never shall. _________ parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Gwendolen. The story of your romantic origin, as _________to me by mamma, with unpleasing comments, has naturally stirred the deeper fibres of my nature
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Gwendolen. There is a good postal service, I suppose? It may be necessary to do something desperate. That of course will require serious _________. I will communicate with you daily
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had _________ fools left
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. If you don’t take care, your friend Bunbury will get you into a _________ scrape some day
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh! It always is _________ seven
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh, no! I can’t _________ looking at things. It is so silly
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh, that is _________.
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh, that’s _________, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Oh, _________ is all right. Cecily is not a silly romantic girl, I am glad to say. She has got a capital appetite, goes long walks, and pays no attention at all to her lessons
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. There’s a sensible, intellectual girl! the only _________ I ever cared for in my life
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. Very well, then. My poor brother Ernest to carried off suddenly, in Paris, by a severe _________. That gets rid of him
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Jack. [In a very patronising manner.] My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, _________ girl
Find the two answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: Lane. I do my best to give _________, sir
Choose the right preposition: A gross deception has been practised _________ both of us
Choose the right preposition: After we had all been resigned to his loss, his sudden return seems _________ me peculiarly distressing
Choose the right preposition: And of course a man who is much talked about is always very attractive. One feels there must be something in him, after all. I daresay it was foolish _________me, but I fell in love with you, Ernest
Choose the right preposition: And this is the box _________ which I keep all your dear letters
Choose the right preposition: But why on earth did you break it off? What had I done? I had done nothing at all. Cecily, I am very much hurt indeed to hear you broke it _________. Particularly when the weather was so charming
Choose the right preposition: Cecily! Surely such a utilitarian occupation as the watering of flowers is rather Moulton’s duty than yours? Especially at a moment when intellectual pleasures await you. Your German grammar is _________ the table. Pray open it at page fifteen. We will repeat yesterday’s lesson
Choose the right preposition: Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself _________every way
Choose the right preposition: Coming over very slowly.] But I don’t like German. It isn’t _________ all a becoming language. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain after my German lesson
Choose the right preposition: Do you suggest, Miss Fairfax, that I entrapped Ernest into an engagement? How dare you? This is no time _________wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade
Choose the right preposition: From the moment I saw you I distrusted you. I felt that you were false and deceitful. I am never deceived _________ such matters. My first impressions of people are invariably right
Choose the right preposition: He laid particular stress on your German, as he was leaving for town yesterday. Indeed, he always lays stress on your German when he is leaving _________ town
Choose the right preposition: I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment’s notice. As a man sows so let him reap. You must put away your diary, Cecily. I really don’t see why you should keep a diary _________all
Choose the right preposition: I am very fond _________ you, Cecily; I have liked you ever since I met you! But I am bound to state that now that I know that you are Mr. Worthing’s ward, I cannot help expressing a wish you were - well, just a little older than you seem to be - and not quite so very alluring in appearance
Choose the right preposition: I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked. But my name certainly is John. It has been John _________ years
Choose the right preposition: I do not think that even I could produce any effect _________ a character that according to his own brother’s admission is irretrievably weak and vacillating. Indeed I am not sure that I would desire to reclaim him
Choose the right preposition: I don’t think I could break it _________ now that I have actually met you. Besides, of course, there is the question of your name
Choose the right preposition: I keep a diary in order to enter the wonderful secrets of my life. If I didn’t write them down, I should probably forget all _________ them
Choose the right preposition: I knew there must be some misunderstanding, Miss Fairfax. The gentleman whose arm is _________ present round your waist is my guardian, Mr. John Worthing
Choose the right preposition: I must see him at once on a most important christening - I mean _________ most important business
Choose the right preposition: I suppose one of the many good elderly women who are associated with Uncle Jack in some of his philanthropic work in London. I don’t quite like women who are interested _________ philanthropic work. I think it is so forward of them
Choose the right preposition: If you are not, then you have certainly been deceiving us all _________ a very inexcusable manner. I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy
Choose the right preposition: If you would care to verify the incident, pray do so. [Produces diary of her own.] I never travel _________ my diary
Choose the right preposition: It is not at all a bad name. In fact, it is rather an aristocratic name. Half _________ the chaps who get into the Bankruptcy Court are called Algernon
Choose the right preposition: It is strange he never mentioned to me that he had a ward. How secretive of him! He grows more interesting hourly. I am not sure, however, that the news inspires me _________ feelings of unmixed delight
Choose the right preposition: It seems to me, Miss Fairfax, that I am trespassing _________ your valuable time. No doubt you have many other calls of a similar character to make in the neighbourhood
Choose the right preposition: It would hardly have been a really serious engagement if it hadn’t been broken off at least once. But I forgave you _________the week was out
Choose the right preposition: Memory, my dear Cecily, is the diary that we all carry _________ with us
Choose the right preposition: Mr. Worthing, I offer you my sincere condolence. You have at least the consolation _________ knowing that you were always the most generous and forgiving of brothers
Choose the right preposition: Oh, don’t say that. However badly he may have behaved to you in the past he is still your brother. You couldn’t be so heartless as to disown him. I’ll tell him to come out. And you will shake hands _________ him, won’t you, Uncle Jack
Choose the right preposition: Oh, flowers are as common here, Miss Fairfax, as people are _________ London
Choose the right preposition: Oh, I couldn’t possibly. They would make you far too conceited. [Replaces box.] The three you wrote me after I had broken of the engagement are so beautiful, and so badly spelled, that even now I can hardly read them _________crying a little
Choose the right preposition: Oh, well! The accounts I have received of Australia and the next world, are not particularly encouraging. This world is good enough _________ me, cousin Cecily
Choose the right preposition: On the 14th of February last. Worn out by your entire ignorance of my existence, I determined to end the matter one way or the other, and after a long struggle _________ myself I accepted you under this dear old tree here
Choose the right preposition: One should always have something sensational to read in the train. I am so sorry, dear Cecily, if it is any disappointment _________ you, but I am afraid I have the prior claim
Choose the right preposition: Personally I cannot understand how anybody manages to exist in the country, if anybody who is anybody does. The country always bores me _________ death
Choose the right preposition: Pray let me introduce myself _________ you
Choose the right preposition: The home seems to me to be the proper sphere _________ the man. And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? And I don’t like that. It makes men so very attractive
Choose the right preposition: The next day I bought this little ring _________ your name, and this is the little bangle with the true lover’s knot I promised you always to wear
Choose the right preposition: There is something _________ that name that seems to inspire absolute confidence. I pity any poor married woman whose husband is not called Ernest
Choose the right preposition: To save my poor, innocent, trusting boy from the machinations _________ any other girl there are no lengths to which I would not go
Choose the right preposition: Well, ever since dear Uncle Jack first confessed to us that he had a younger brother who was very wicked and bad, you _________ course have formed the chief topic of conversation between myself and Miss Prism
Choose the right preposition: Well, he said _________dinner on Wednesday night, that you would have to choose between this world, the next world, and Australia
Choose the right preposition: Well, my own dear, sweet, loving little darling, I really can’t see why you should object _________ the name of Algernon
Choose the right preposition: What a very sweet name! Something tells me that we are going to be great friends. I like you already more than I can say. My first impressions _________people are never wrong
Choose the right preposition: Yes, you’ve wonderfully good taste, Ernest. It’s the excuse I’ve always given _________ your leading such a bad life
Choose the right preposition: You are under some strange mistake. I am not little. In fact, I believe I am more than usually tall _________ my age. [Algernon is rather taken aback.] But I am your cousin Cecily. You, I see from your card, are Uncle Jack’s brother, my cousin Ernest, my wicked cousin Ernest
Choose the right preposition: You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I am known for the gentleness _________ my disposition, and the extraordinary sweetness of my nature, but I warn you, Miss Cardew, you may go too far
Choose the right preposition: You must not laugh at me, darling, but it had always been a girlish dream _________mine to love some one whose name was Ernest.
Choose the right preposition: You need hardly remind me of that, Ernest. I remember only too well that I was forced to write your letters _________ you. I wrote always three times a week, and sometimes oftener
Choose the right preposition: Gwendolen drinks the tea and makes a grimace. Puts down cup _________once, reaches out her hand to the bread and butter, looks at it, and finds it is cake. Rises in indignation
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Put the verb in brackets in the right form: . The subject (to seem) distasteful to most men
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: An admirable idea! Mr. Worthing, there is just one question I would (to like) to be permitted to put to you
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: And now that I think of it I have never (to hear) any man mention his brother. Cecily, you have lifted a load from my mind
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: As for your conduct towards Miss Cardew, I must say that your (to talk) in a sweet, simple, innocent girl like that is quite inexcusable. To say nothing of the fact that she is my ward
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: At the present moment I am (to eat) muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: But even men of the noblest possible moral character (to be) extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: But you have just (to say) it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Dearest Gwendolen, there (to be) no reason why I should make a secret of it to you. Our little county newspaper is sure to chronicle the fact next week
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Ernest has a strong upright nature. He is the very soul of truth and honour. Disloyalty would (to be) as impossible to him as deception
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Ernest never (to mention) to me that he had a brother
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: How can you sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I can’t (to make) out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: However, I will tell you quite frankly that I have no brother Ernest. I have no brother at all. I never had a brother in my life, and I certainly have not the smallest intention of ever (to have) one in the future
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am afraid it is quite clear, Cecily, that neither of us (to be) engaged to be married to any one
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am afraid you must (to be)under some misconception. Ernest proposed to me exactly ten minutes ago
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am sorry to say they have not (to be) on good terms for a long time
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I can (see) no possible defence at all for your deceiving a brilliant, clever, thoroughly experienced young lady like Miss Fairfax
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I happen to be serious about Bunburying. What on earth you are serious about I haven’t (to get) the remotest idea. About everything, I should fancy. You have such an absolutely trivial nature
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I haven’t quite (to finish) my tea yet! and there is still one muffin left.
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I wanted to be engaged to Gwendolen, that (to be) all. I love her
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I was (to grow) almost anxious. It would have been terrible if any cloud had come across a friendship like ours, would it not
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I wish you would (to have) tea-cake instead. I don’t like tea-cake
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: If it was my business, I wouldn’t (to talk) about it. [Begins to eat muffins.] It is very vulgar to talk about one’s business
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: If the poor fellow (to have) been entrapped into any foolish promise I shall consider it my duty to rescue him at once, and with a firm hand
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: If you are not quite sure about your ever having been (to christen), I must say I think it rather dangerous your venturing on it now
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Indeed, when I (to be) in really great trouble, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: It (to be) very vulgar to talk about one’s business
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: It is the first time in my life that I have ever been reduced to such a painful position, and I am really quite inexperienced in (to do) anything of the kind
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: It usen’t to be, I know - but I daresay it is now. Science is always (to make) wonderful improvements in things
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: It would distress me more than I can tell you, dear Gwendolen, if it caused you any mental or physical anguish, but I feel bound to point out that since Ernest (to propose) to you he clearly has changed his mind
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Jack, you are at the muffins again! I wish you wouldn’t. There are only two (to leave). [Takes them.] I told you I was particularly fond of muffins
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Modern, no less than Ancient History, (to supply) us with many most painful examples of what I refer to. If it were not so, indeed, History would be quite unreadable
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Mr. Ernest Worthing and I are (to engage) to be married
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: My darling Cecily, I think there must be some slight error. Mr. Ernest Worthing is engaged to me. The announcement will (to appear) in the Morning Post on Saturday at the latest
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: My dear fellow, the sooner you give up that nonsense the better. I (to make) arrangements this morning with Dr. Chasuble to be christened myself at 5.30, and I naturally will take the name of Ernest
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that. Besides I (to have)just made arrangements with Dr. Chasuble to be christened at a quarter to six under the name of Ernest
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Oh, that is nonsense; you are always (to talk) nonsense
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: On an occasion of this kind it (to become) more than a moral duty to speak one’s mind. It becomes a pleasure
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Quite so. It might make you very unwell. You can hardly have (to forget) that some one very closely connected with you was very nearly carried off this week in Paris by a severe chill
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Quite sure. [A pause.] In fact, I am (to go) to be his
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: So I (to know) my constitution can stand it
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: That may be. But the muffins (to be) the same
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There is certainly no chance of your (to marry) Miss Cardew
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There is no evidence at all that I have ever (to be) christened by anybody
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: To (say) nothing of the fact that she is my cousin
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: To say nothing of the fact that she (to be) my ward
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: We are both engaged to be (to marry) to your brother Ernest, so it is a matter of some importance to us to know where your brother Ernest is at present
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: We can’t both be (to christen)Ernest
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably (to get) on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Well, I simply wanted to be (to engage) to Cecily. I adore her
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Well, one must be serious about something, if one (to want) to have any amusement in life
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Well, the only small satisfaction I have in the whole of this wretched business is that your friend Bunbury is quite (to explode)
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Whatever unfortunate entanglement my dear boy may have (to get) into, I will never reproach him with it after we are married
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: When I am in trouble, (to eat) is the only thing that consoles me
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever (to have) in my life
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Yes, but I have not (to be) christened for years
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: You can’t possibly ask me to go without (to have) some dinner. It’s absurd. I never go without my dinner
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: You won’t be able to run down to the country quite so often as you (to use) to do, dear Algy. And a very good thing too
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Your brother is a little off colour, isn’t he, dear Jack? You won’t (to be) able to disappear to London quite so frequently as your wicked custom was. And not a bad thing either
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: [Examines diary through her lorgnettte carefully.] It is certainly very curious, for he (to ask) me to be his wife yesterday afternoon at 5.30
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Well, to speak with perfect candour, Cecily, I wish that you (to be) fully forty-two, and more than usually plain for your age