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Salomé
Oscar Wilde
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Wilde and the Legend of Salomé in the Nineteenth Century
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When was Oscar Wilde born?
1834
1854
1874
1894
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What was Wilde's father's profession?
Judge
Playwright
Surgeon
Soldier
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The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered shocking at the time of its publication for it's ___.
Homoeroticism
Violence
Sexual explicitness
Political message
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Where was Wilde living when he wrote Salomé?
Italy
France
Spain
Greece
5
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Salomé was never performed in English during Wilde's lifetime because of a law prohibiting the theatrical depiction of ___.
Biblical figures
Beheading
Incestuous desires
Nudity
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