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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic of the lecture Lord Bracknell is attending?
(a) Changes in the English Fish Trade since Restoration
(b) The Effect of Parliamentary Democracy on Art
(c) The Influence of Permanent Income on Thought
(d) The Effect of Industrialization on the Church of England

2. Why was Miss Prism's novel never published?
(a) She never finished it
(b) The editor stole the manuscript and published it himself
(c) She lost the manuscript
(d) No publisher would take it

3. Who does Jack kiss when he intends to kiss Lady Bracknell?
(a) Chasuble
(b) Cecily
(c) Gwendolen
(d) Miss Prism

4. What mythical creature does Jack compare Lady Bracknell to?
(a) A Minotaur
(b) A Gorgon
(c) A Leviathan
(d) A Harpy

5. To what composer does Algernon compare his Aunt's ring? Tchaikovsky
(a) Mozart
(b) Tchaikovsky
(c) Mahler
(d) Wagner

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Algernon and Jack whistle to get their women's attention?

2. Whom has Gwendolen already contacted about her betrothal to Ernest?

3. What reasoning does Miss Prism initially give Jack that she cannot be his mother?

4. How does Algernon describe the day?

5. What does Algernon claim to be when he meets Cecily?

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