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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Next to whose room does Merriman place Algernon's luggage?
(a) Jack's
(b) Cecily's
(c) Chasuble's
(d) Miss Prism's

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

3. How does Algernon describe Lane at the end of the First Act?
(a) A rube
(b) A modern stoic
(c) A pessimist
(d) A prig

4. What does Cecily pay no attention to, according to Jack?
(a) The advances of boys
(b) Her spending
(c) Her lessons
(d) His warnings

5. What does Algernon find decidedly unromantic?
(a) A Cucumber Sandwich
(b) Champagne
(c) A Proposal
(d) A Waltz

Short Answer Questions

1. What most attracts Gwendolyn to "Ernest"?

2. What service does Lady Bracknell require of Algernon on Saturday?

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

4. How does Jack describe Algernon's eating in times of distress?

5. What does Chasuble claim was the reference in his unintentionally romantic comment to Miss Prism?

(see the answer key)

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