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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relation is not popular at the present time?
(a) Fathers
(b) Brothers
(c) Aunts
(d) Mothers

2. What does Cecily do with the scissors?
(a) Scare off Algernon's advances
(b) Cut a rose for Algernon
(c) Cut a thread from the hem of her skirts
(d) Prune a bush while Algernon eats

3. Whom does Jack ask Chasuble to christen?
(a) Jack himself
(b) Cecily
(c) Gwendolen
(d) Ernest's body

4. Why did Cecily and Ernest break off their first engagement?
(a) He left for Australia
(b) She danced with another man
(c) He danced with another woman
(d) She was too young

5. What does Chasuble claim was the reference in his unintentionally romantic comment to Miss Prism?
(a) Bears
(b) Bees
(c) Fish
(d) Swans

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an aspect of Algernon's character that Jack assails when he tells him to leave the manner

2. Why was Miss Prism's novel never published?

3. When Algernon arrives, under what name is he traveling?

4. How does Algernon describe the day?

5. Next to whose room does Merriman place Algernon's luggage?

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