The Importance of Being Earnest Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Importance of Being Earnest Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is growing too attached to Ernest, in Jack's opinion?
(a) Cecily
(b) Gwendolen
(c) Algernon
(d) Miss Prism

2. What participle does Jack inadvertently substitute for "married" when he attempts to say "We must get married at once"?
(a) Stationed
(b) Plastered
(c) Christened
(d) Buried

3. What does Jack plan to do in the near future?
(a) Join the Church
(b) Kill off "Ernest"
(c) Move away from England
(d) Marry off Cecily

4. How many of the cucumber sandwiches does Algernon eat?
(a) All of them
(b) One of them
(c) None of them
(d) Half of them

5. What political affiliation does Jack claim?
(a) Liberal Unionist
(b) Social Democrat
(c) Indifferent
(d) Whig

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

7. In what perpetual state is Algernon, according to Jack?
(a) Lecherous
(b) Hungry
(c) Broke
(d) Gossipy

8. What relation is not popular at the present time?
(a) Mothers
(b) Aunts
(c) Fathers
(d) Brothers

9. Where in Victoria Station was the handbag with Jack in it discovered?
(a) A cloak room
(b) A train compartment
(c) A platform
(d) A news kiosk

10. Where does Lady Bracknell send Gwendolyn while she questions Jack?
(a) The carriage
(b) The dining room
(c) The garden
(d) The study

11. What does Lady Bracknell describe as a "delicate exotic fruit?"
(a) Love
(b) Social bearing
(c) Her daughter
(d) Ignorance

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

13. What has Gwendolyn asked Lady Bracknell to refrain from?
(a) Berating the servants publicly
(b) Pocketing silverware
(c) Quoting scripture
(d) Abruptly reentering rooms

14. What does Cecily pay no attention to, according to Jack?
(a) The advances of boys
(b) Her lessons
(c) Her spending
(d) His warnings

15. How often does does Algernon suggest one should check on one's relations?
(a) Once a week
(b) Once a season
(c) Daily
(d) Once a month

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Jack take the name of Ernest?

3. According to Lady Bracknell, what two things rarely go together?

4. What service does Lady Bracknell require of Algernon on Saturday?

5. Where is Jack going to "kill" Ernest?

(see the answer keys)

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