PoDG Easy
What is Dorian’s primary indoor activity when he prefers to stay in?
Reading
What social space does Dorian frequent where he encounters fashionable company?
Drawing rooms/salons/society gatherings
“Your wrong, fascinating, poisonous, delightful theories” : Whom is Dorian addressing?
Henry
"The strong spring wind stirred...with it the heavy scent of the lilac" -Oscar Wilde
Alliteration
In which European city did Oscar Wilde spend his final years and die?
Paris
What profession does Sibyl Vane have?
Actress
How does Sibyl’s acting change after she falls in love with Dorian?
She acts poorly—her performances become emotionless.
How much money does the Vane family owe to Mr Issacs.
£50
"Parting is such sweet sorrow" - Shakespeare
Oxymoron
What ivy league school did Wilde attend where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry?
Oxford University
What object is a recurring symbol related to youth and beauty?
Dorian’s portrait/painting
How does Lord Henry feel about marriage and love during his conversations with Dorian?
He is cynical— states that marriage is a trap and that love is often an illusion.
How does Dorian sum up the experience of having loved Sibyl and her having died for him?
“a marvellous experience”
"Hollywood is calling" - (Hollywood = film industry/fame)
Metonym
Complete this famous Wilde quote: "I can resist everything except _____"
temptation
Which character expresses worry about Dorian’s new influences and lifestyle?
Basil Hallward
Why does Dorian have guardians?
He is not yet of age.
James Vane is emigrating to ______________ .
Australia
When someone says that they're feeling "under the weather"
Euphemism
In what year was Oscar Wilde born?
1854
How does Dorian initially end his engagement with Sibyl?
In a letter.
What kind of conversation do Lord Henry and Dorian often have?
Philosophical/provocative conversations about life, beauty, and pleasure.
After the incident with Sybl, why does it take Dorian so long to look at the picture in the morning?
He is afraid that it has changed/ it will show his shame.
When Disney and Pixar movies have talking animals and toys.
Anthropomorphism
Oscar Wilde once declared at travel customs that he had "nothing to declare except my _____"?
genius