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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When does Jack take the name of Ernest?
(a) When he is in town
(b) When he is in the country
(c) When he travels abroad
(d) When he signs legal documents

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack plan to do in the near future?

2. What has Gwendolyn asked Lady Bracknell to refrain from?

3. What does Algernon find decidedly unromantic?

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

5. What does Lane present to Algernon while Jack sees Gwendolen out?

(see the answer key)

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