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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what topic does Gwendolyn ask Jack to refrain from speaking?
(a) Horses
(b) Politics
(c) Weather
(d) Love

2. With what Duchess does Lady Bracknell share a list of eligible English bachelors?
(a) Marlborough
(b) Bolton
(c) York
(d) Kent

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

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

5. To what composer does Algernon compare his Aunt's ring? Tchaikovsky
(a) Mahler
(b) Wagner
(c) Tchaikovsky
(d) Mozart

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Algernon, what is the essence of romance?

2. Where does "Ernest" have a country house?

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

4. What participle does Jack inadvertently substitute for "married" when he attempts to say "We must get married at once"?

5. Which of these is not a description of the handbag in which Jack was found?

(see the answer key)

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