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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Prism recommend to Chasuble?
(a) That he take up learning German
(b) That he marry
(c) That they not walk together anymore
(d) That he refrain from dairy

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

3. What gesture does Miss Prism have at address from Lady Bracknell?
(a) Bowing her head
(b) Dropping to her knees
(c) Fleeing
(d) Waving

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

5. In what perpetual state is Algernon, according to Jack?
(a) Lecherous
(b) Broke
(c) Gossipy
(d) Hungry

Short Answer Questions

1. With what Duchess does Lady Bracknell share a list of eligible English bachelors?

2. Why does Algernon suggest Jack not get christened?

3. What does Algernon find decidedly unromantic?

4. Why did Cecily and Ernest break off their first engagement?

5. How does Lady Bracknell characterize cloak rooms in general?

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