Question

Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.

Answer 1

In this passage from "The Importance of Being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde, the excerpt that contains a paradox and a pun is option D. "whose origin was a Terminus". A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself. The paradox is between the origin of one person and Terminus, which is the final station of a bus. So the origin being the terminus is a paradox and a pun.

Answer 2

I believe it is A but not forsure