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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lady Bracknell, what two things rarely go together?
(a) Having much and owing little
(b) Making love and making peace
(c) Behaving well and feeling well
(d) Knowing much and knowing self

2. What workman's item does Gwendolen claim never to have seen?
(a) A spade
(b) A piece of coal
(c) An axe
(d) A work glove

3. Who does Chasuble cite in chastising Algernon for gluttony?
(a) St. Augustine
(b) Aristotle
(c) Dante
(d) St. Paul

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

5. How many pounds does Ernest owe the Savoy?
(a) 1,560
(b) 255
(c) 762
(d) 1,084

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the most interesting people, according to Algernon?

2. How old is Jack?

3. At what age does Gwendolyn say she lost the respect of her mother?

4. About whom has Algernon - as Ernest - been talking to Cecily?

5. Whom has Gwendolen already contacted about her betrothal to Ernest?

(see the answer key)

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