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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?
(a) Respect for their betters
(b) History
(c) Moral responsibility
(d) Duty to country

2. What is Algernon enjoying at the end of the Act?
(a) A coffee and a biscuit
(b) A sherry and a cigarette
(c) A tea and a song
(d) A whiskey and a sanwich

3. What is Lady Bracknell's first question for Jack?
(a) Are your parents living?
(b) What are your politics?
(c) Do you smoke?
(d) What is your income?

4. According to Lady Bracknell, how with Gwendolyn know when she is engaged?
(a) Hell will have frozen
(b) Lady Bracknell will inform her
(c) She will be wearing a veil
(d) It will be in the papers

5. What does Algernon find decidedly unromantic?
(a) A Proposal
(b) Champagne
(c) A Waltz
(d) A Cucumber Sandwich

Short Answer Questions

1. In reality, what it is the relationship between Cecily and Jack?

2. About how much money does "Ernest" owe the Savoy?

3. How many of the cucumber sandwiches does Algernon eat?

4. How often does does Algernon suggest one should check on one's relations?

5. How does Lady Bracknell feel about Jack's having lost both of his parents?

(see the answer key)

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