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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the cucumber sandwiches does Algernon eat?
(a) One of them
(b) Half of them
(c) All of them
(d) None of them

2. What is Lady Bracknell's first question for Jack?
(a) Are your parents living?
(b) Do you smoke?
(c) What is your income?
(d) What are your politics?

3. What is the only thing that allows Algernon to put up with his relatives?
(a) Hearing them privately abused
(b) The ocassional loans
(c) Seeing them leave
(d) The gossip about his friends

4. What does Gwendolyn's brother ask all of his girlfriends?
(a) For money
(b) To marry him
(c) For directions
(d) For advice

5. According to Algernon, what is the essence of romance?
(a) Fidelity
(b) Passion
(c) Uncertainty
(d) Consistency

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a condition that Jack and Algernon consider to kill Ernest?

2. What item did Jack leave in Algernon's house the last time he called?

3. What political affiliation does Jack claim?

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

5. In Act I, what relation does Jack claim to Cecily?

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