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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Cecily?
(a) Twenty-five
(b) Eighteen
(c) Thirty-two
(d) Fourteen

2. Which of these is not a suggestion that Algernon makes as to what they should do after dinner?
(a) The Empire
(b) The Games House
(c) The Theatre
(d) The Club

3. What mythical creature does Jack compare Lady Bracknell to?
(a) A Gorgon
(b) A Minotaur
(c) A Leviathan
(d) A Harpy

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lady Bracknell's first question for Jack?

2. In what perpetual state is Algernon, according to Jack?

3. In what county is Jack's country house?

4. In what town does the First Act take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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