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- 1. Multiple Choice
At what age does Cecily become independent from Jack
42
18
35
21
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is Jack's father's name?
Ernest
John
Peter
He doesn't know
- 3. Multiple Choice
How is it that Miss Prism managed to lose her baby
she forgot her baby on her way to a lecture series
She thought the baby belonged to a different family
She lost the carriage while flirting with a priest
She accidentally placed the baby in a hand-bag while placing her manuscript in the carriage
- 4. Multiple Choice
What happens when Lady Bracknell learns that there is a Miss Prism at Jack's home?
Nervous and tries to leave
laughs
demands to see the woman
tells everyone that Prism lost Jack as a child
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why does Bracknell appear at Jack's home
She is looking for Bunbury
She followed Cecily there
She wants to see if the house is in despair
She is looking for Algernon
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who left Jack in the handbag as a baby
Lady Bracknell
Miss Prism
Jack's father
Algernon
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who is Jack's aunt
Miss Prism
He has none
Gwendolen
Lady Bracknell
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who is Jack's brother
He has none
Ernest
Algernon
Bunbury
- 9. Multiple Choice
When does Lady Bracknell start liking Cecily
She never likes her
When she meets her
When she finds out Cecily loves Algernon
When she learns Cecily is rich
- 10. Multiple Choice
Jack wins Lady Bracknell's blessing for his marriage to Gwendolen by
offering to name their first daughter after Augusta
revealing that he is a crown prince
threatening to remove his consent for Algernon's marriage to Cecily
giving her a detailed written list of his finances
- 11. Multiple Choice
The secret of Jack's birth and parentage is revealed through the past of
Gwendolen
Cecily
Miss Prism
Rev Chasuble
- 12. Multiple Choice
How does Algernon say Bunbury died?
drowning
sleeping
exploding
dying
- 13. Multiple Choice
What causes Cecily and Gwendolen to forgive Algernon and Jack
When they hear that Algernon and Jack have both made arrangements to be rechristened "Ernest" that afternoon
Witness how mean Lady Bracknell is to both Algernon and Jack
When Jack and Algernon ask for forigiveness
When they see Algernon and Jack eating all of the muffins
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who said the following "I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all of the time."
Gwendolen
Lady Bracknell
Rev Chasuble
Cecily
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who said the following: "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
Algernon
Jack
Rev Chasuble
Miss Prism
- 16. Multiple Choice
As evidenced in the play, two areas in which Victorians showed little sympathy or compassion were
illness and death
childhood and old age
poverty and illness
childbirth and death
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is Cecily's fortune?
An inheritance of a large chain dept. stores
An extensive country estate in Derbyshire
A townhouse in London and seaside on cottage in Brighton
About one hundred and thirty thousand pounds in The Funds
- 18. Multiple Choice
After hearing about whether or not Cecily has a fortune, what does Lady Bracknell tell Cecily to call her
Mamma
Augie
Aunt Augusta
Aunt Lady
- 19. Multiple Choice
What does Jack return from his room with to confirm his heritage
a black pair of gloves
a black hat
a black handbag
a watch with a black band
- 20. Multiple Choice
What does he believe this item will confirm?
That he is the king of England
That his birth was an easily overlooked event
That he was supposed to go on a vacation as a baby
That Miss Prism is his mother
- 21. Multiple Choice
How does Jack discover his fathers name
He never learns it
He asks Algernon
He reads through the Army lists
He asks Lady Bracknell
- 22. Multiple Choice
The importance of Being Earnest and the name Ernest create a
metaphor
symbol
pun
simile
- 23. Multiple Choice
The plot problem is solved by an
deathbed confession
agreement
deus ex machina
death
- 24. Multiple Choice
Who is not engaged by the end of the play
Gwendolen
Jack
Lady Bracknell
Cecily
- 25. Multiple Choice
Who says, "I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest."
Jack
Cecily
Algernon
Gwendolen
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