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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lady Bracknell, how with Gwendolyn know when she is engaged?
(a) It will be in the papers
(b) Lady Bracknell will inform her
(c) Hell will have frozen
(d) She will be wearing a veil

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

3. How old is Cecily?
(a) Eighteen
(b) Fourteen
(c) Twenty-five
(d) Thirty-two

4. In reality, what it is the relationship between Cecily and Jack?
(a) They are siblings
(b) She does not exist
(c) They are engaged
(d) She is his ward

5. In terms of playing music, what is Algernon's forte?
(a) Complexity
(b) Precision
(c) Timing
(d) Sentiment

6. 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

7. What is the only thing that allows Algernon to put up with his relatives?
(a) The gossip about his friends
(b) Seeing them leave
(c) The ocassional loans
(d) Hearing them privately abused

8. What is Lady Bracknell's first question for Jack?
(a) What is your income?
(b) What are your politics?
(c) Are your parents living?
(d) Do you smoke?

9. With what Duchess does Lady Bracknell share a list of eligible English bachelors?
(a) Bolton
(b) Marlborough
(c) Kent
(d) York

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

11. Who are the most interesting people, according to Algernon?
(a) Those who choose not to speak
(b) Those you haven't met
(c) Those who enjoy your present
(d) Those with a willingness to lend money

12. What does Lady Bracknell describe as a "delicate exotic fruit?"
(a) Ignorance
(b) Social bearing
(c) Her daughter
(d) Love

13. What most attracts Gwendolyn to "Ernest"?
(a) His money
(b) His eyes
(c) His wit
(d) His name

14. According to Lady Bracknell, what two things rarely go together?
(a) Behaving well and feeling well
(b) Making love and making peace
(c) Having much and owing little
(d) Knowing much and knowing self

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gwendolyn's brother ask all of his girlfriends?

2. What does Jack offer to present to Lady Bracknell in lieu of his parentage?

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

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

5. In Act I, what relation does Jack claim to Cecily?

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