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Salomé

Oscar Wilde

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Herod offers Salomé a flock of what birds in place of Jokanaan's head?

(A) White doves

(B) Wood-pigeons

(D) Nightingales

Salomé is not only Herod's step-daughter but also his what?

(A) Sister

(B) Niece

(D) Mistress

What authorizes Jokanaan's execution?

(A) Herodias's order

(B) Salomé's demand

(D) Herod's death ring

Who does not believe in omens, miracles, and "symbolism"?

(A) Herod

(B) The First Soldier

(D) Salomé

What lights Salomé at the very end of the play?

(A) A torch

(B) Herod's gaze

(D) A moonbeam

Who is warned against looking at Salomé?

(A) The First Soldier

(B) Jokanaan

(D) The Young Syrian

What part of Jokanaan does Salomé not praise?

(A) His hair

(B) His hands

(D) His mouth

To whom was Herodias first married?

(A) Herod's elder brother

(B) Herod's younger brother

(D) The King of Cappadocia

Why can Caesar not come to Judaea?

(A) The cults make the trip too dangerous

(B) He has gout

(D) Herodias wants his blood

Which of the following jewels does Herod not offer Salomé in place of Jokanaan's head?

(A) An onyx like a dead woman's eyes

(B) A string of pearls like fifty moons

(D) A diamond like a fallen star

What is the name of the young Roman in Herod's court?

(A) Antipas

(B) Tetrarch

(D) Tigellinus

Salomé's feet are continually compared to what?

(A) Doves

(B) Knives

(D) Shoes

When do Herod and Herodias come on the scene?

(A) Upon Jokanaan's appearance from the cistern

(B) Immediately before the Syrian commits suicide

(D) After Jokanaan's return to the cistern

What color is Jokanaan's hair?

(A) Black

(B) Brown

(D) Red

How does Salomé die?

(A) She is stoned to death

(B) She is crushed beneath the soldiers' shields

(D) She is decapitated

Which of Messiahs' miracles does Herod forbid?

(A) The transformation of water into wine

(B) The raising of the dead

(D) Dialogue with the angels

The Page compares the moon to what?

(A) A pearl

(B) A coin

(D) A virgin

Herod compares the moon to what?

(A) A madwoman

(B) A dead woman

(D) A virgin

Who hears the angel of death that Jokanaan envisions?

(A) Salomé

(B) The Page

(D) Herod

According to Tigellinus, who are the "perfectly ridiculous" Romans who commit suicide?

(A) The Epicures

(B) The Sensualists

(D) The Gnostics

What is Herod's title?

(A) King of Judaea

(B) Emperor of Judaea

(D) Caliph of Judaea

What has Herod stolen from the temple?

(A) The altar of the dead

(B) The tabernacle

(D) The chalice

What is the Young Syrian's title?

(A) Prince of Syria

(B) Lord of Syria

(D) Captain of the Guard

Which of the following nineteenth-century authors did not write an adaptation of Salomé?

(A) Maeterlink

(B) Sand

(D) Flaubert

Where was Salomé written?

(A) In London

(B) In Paris

(D) In Cairo

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