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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Cecily's governess?
(a) Miss Prism
(b) Lady Bracknell
(c) She has none
(d) Gwendolyn

4. How does Cecily have letters from Ernest?
(a) Other boys wrote them and she changed the name
(b) Algernon wrote them
(c) Jack wrote them
(d) She wrote them herself

5. What does Chasuble quote in Act III as proof of a religious revival?
(a) The Confessions of St. Augustine
(b) The Times of London
(c) The Beggar's Opera
(d) The previous year's Almanack

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Prism instruct Cecily to read while she is gone?

2. What is Miss Prism's first name?

3. How many counties can one see from the hills of around the manor?

4. Where do Cecily and Gwendolen depart to when they leave the men?

5. How old is Jack?

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