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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?
(a) Respect for their betters
(b) History
(c) Duty to country
(d) Moral responsibility

2. What political affiliation does Jack claim?
(a) Social Democrat
(b) Indifferent
(c) Liberal Unionist
(d) Whig

3. Where does Lady Bracknell send Gwendolyn while she questions Jack?
(a) The garden
(b) The carriage
(c) The study
(d) The dining room

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

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

6. What does Jack offer to present to Lady Bracknell in lieu of his parentage?
(a) A substantial dowry
(b) The handbag in which he was found
(c) His "brother's" credentials
(d) A lord to vouch for him

7. What does Gwendolyn's brother ask all of his girlfriends?
(a) For money
(b) For directions
(c) To marry him
(d) For advice

8. Which of the following is not a condition that Jack and Algernon consider to kill Ernest?
(a) Apoplexy
(b) Scurvy
(c) A slight chill
(d) Influenza

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

10. On what day is Jack leaving town?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Sunday
(c) Monday
(d) Wednesday

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

12. How old is Jack?
(a) Thirty-five
(b) Forty-three
(c) Twenty-nine
(d) Nineteen

13. Which of these is not a suggestion that Algernon makes as to what they should do after dinner?
(a) The Theatre
(b) The Games House
(c) The Empire
(d) The Club

14. Where in Victoria Station was the handbag with Jack in it discovered?
(a) A train compartment
(b) A news kiosk
(c) A cloak room
(d) A platform

15. What has Gwendolyn asked Lady Bracknell to refrain from?
(a) Abruptly reentering rooms
(b) Pocketing silverware
(c) Berating the servants publicly
(d) Quoting scripture

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Jack neglect to tell Gwendolen about the existence of Cecily?

3. About how much money does "Ernest" owe the Savoy?

4. To what composer does Algernon compare his Aunt's ring? Tchaikovsky

5. What most attracts Gwendolyn to "Ernest"?

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