Packet P: Bonus 15
A woman receives one of these objects with her name on it as a coming-of-age birthday gift from her husband. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this object that Mrs. Erlynne claims to have accidentally taken in order to create a distraction in Lord Darlington’s rooms, allowing the real owner to slip away.
ANSWER: fan [accept Lady Windermere’s fan]
[10e] Lady Windermere’s Fan is by this Irish author, who was convicted of homosexual acts shortly after the premieres of his last plays, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest.
ANSWER: Oscar Wilde
[10h] On this play’s opening night, its author watched a performance of An Ideal Husband, which overshadowed this unpopular play. A dramatic line by this play’s title character led an audience member to yell, “It’s a bloody good thing y’are!”
ANSWER: Guy Domville (by Henry James) (The line is “I’m the last, my lord, of the Domvilles!”)
<JK, British Literature> | Packet P - Editors 2
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |