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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Algernon claim he left London before Monday?
(a) He cannot stand the city during the weekends
(b) He has an equestrian event to attend
(c) He has an appointment on Monday he wants to miss
(d) He must visit his invalid friend

2. How does Lady Bracknell indicate her approval to both Cecily and Jack?
(a) Giving them money
(b) Addressing them as her children
(c) Inviting them to kiss her
(d) Looking at their faces

3. Why do servants steal more champagne in the houses of bachelors?
(a) The men are less observant
(b) There is less to do
(c) The servants are never as drunk as their masters
(d) The wine is better

4. What reasoning does Miss Prism initially give Jack that she cannot be his mother?
(a) She has never married
(b) She has never been with a man
(c) She is younger than him
(d) She looks nothing like him

5. What did Miss Prism intend to place in her handbag
(a) Her Bible
(b) Her change purse
(c) Her manuscript
(d) Her hairbrush

Short Answer Questions

1. Immediately after proposing to Cecily, who does Algernon seek out?

2. What item does Gwendolen take with her as she leaves?

3. What does Jack tell Algernon has happened to Bunbury?

4. How old is Cecily?

5. How does Merriman grab the attention of the lovers when Lady Bracknell arrives?

(see the answer key)

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