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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the most interesting people, according to Algernon?
(a) Those who choose not to speak
(b) Those you haven't met
(c) Those with a willingness to lend money
(d) Those who enjoy your present

2. Where is Jack going to "kill" Ernest?
(a) London
(b) Rome
(c) Paris
(d) America

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

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

5. To whom does Jack let his town house much of the year?
(a) His brother
(b) John Merrick
(c) Cecily
(d) Lady Bloxham

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?

2. Why does Mr. Thomas Cardew give baby Jack the surname Worthing?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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