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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Miss Prism's first name?
(a) Samanth
(b) Eleanor
(c) Christabel
(d) Laetitia

2. What vulgar people does Algernon suggest bandy about there business in cocktail parties?
(a) Clergy
(b) Actors
(c) Politicians
(d) Stockbrokers

3. What is Algernon enjoying at the end of the Act?
(a) A tea and a song
(b) A sherry and a cigarette
(c) A whiskey and a sanwich
(d) A coffee and a biscuit

4. What adjective does Cecily use to describe the name Algernon?
(a) Idiotic
(b) Feminine
(c) Aristocratic
(d) Quixotic

5. What has Gwendolyn asked Lady Bracknell to refrain from?
(a) Berating the servants publicly
(b) Quoting scripture
(c) Pocketing silverware
(d) Abruptly reentering rooms

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Algernon eating at the end of the Act?

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

4. As she copies Algernon's words into her diary, what does Cecily chastise him for doing?

5. Who is growing too attached to Ernest, in Jack's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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