Statement I: W. H. Auden called The Importance of Being Earnest perhaps the only pure 'verbal opera' in English. Statement II: Wilde understood the various arts that combine to make theatre possible.

1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

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Correct answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Auden's remark ('An Improbable Life', 1963) praises the play's pure artifice. Wilde's stagecraft in Earnest (1895) shows his grasp of the theatre's combined arts.