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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What service does Lady Bracknell require of Algernon on Saturday?
(a) He must arrange her music
(b) He must rearrange her furniture
(c) He must tend to her shrubbery
(d) They must attend a French farce together

2. On what day is Jack leaving town?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Tuesday

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

4. Where does "Ernest" have a country house?
(a) Kensington
(b) Brighton
(c) Lincoln
(d) Shropshire

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What most attracts Gwendolyn to "Ernest"?

2. With what Duchess does Lady Bracknell share a list of eligible English bachelors?

3. What mythical creature does Jack compare Lady Bracknell to?

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

5. What is Algernon enjoying at the end of the Act?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lady Bracknell's response to the story of Jack's adoption?

2. What is Lady Bracknell's opinion of Bunbury?

3. How is it that Jack does not know who his parents are?

4. Name a few of Lady Bracknell's requirements for a suitable bachelor.

5. Who is Bunbury?

6. What, according to Jack and Algernon, is the difference between mothers and fathers in modern society?

7. Why does Jack intend to "kill" Ernest?

8. Describe Algernon and Jack's conversation concerning Cecily and Gwendolen.

9. Describe Algernon Moncrieff.

10. Why do Algernon and Jack have such difficulty choosing a place to have dinner?

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