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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of sandwich does Algernon take from Lane?
(a) Cheese
(b) Tuna
(c) Jam
(d) Cucumber

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

3. According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?
(a) Moral responsibility
(b) Respect for their betters
(c) History
(d) Duty to country

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

5. How old is Jack?
(a) Nineteen
(b) Thirty-five
(c) Twenty-nine
(d) Forty-three

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of humanity is Jack sick of?

2. Which of these is not a suggestion that Algernon makes as to what they should do after dinner?

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

4. What does Gwendolyn's brother ask all of his girlfriends?

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

(see the answer key)

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