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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack describe Algernon's eating in times of distress?
(a) Foolish
(b) Disgusting
(c) Selfish
(d) Heartless

2. What is Algernon eating at the end of the Act?
(a) Cake
(b) Sardines
(c) Muffins
(d) Pate sandwiches

3. Where does Cecily tell Algernon he is being sent?
(a) Manchuria
(b) Belaruse
(c) Australia
(d) India

4. What attribute of Ernest does Cecily love?
(a) His taste
(b) All of the above
(c) His hair
(d) His name

5. How does Cecily have letters from Ernest?
(a) Algernon wrote them
(b) She wrote them herself
(c) Other boys wrote them and she changed the name
(d) Jack wrote them

6. When the Cecily and Gwendolen both discover that each is engaged to Ernest, what do they compare?
(a) Figures
(b) Rings
(c) Wedding notices
(d) Diaries

7. What mission does Algernon give Cecily?
(a) To inquire after Gwendolen's health
(b) To reform him
(c) To intercept Jack's mail
(d) To fethch him lunch

8. How many pounds does Ernest owe the Savoy?
(a) 762
(b) 1,560
(c) 1,084
(d) 255

9. What does Chasuble claim was the reference in his unintentionally romantic comment to Miss Prism?
(a) Fish
(b) Bears
(c) Bees
(d) Swans

10. What adjective does Cecily use to describe the name Algernon?
(a) Quixotic
(b) Idiotic
(c) Aristocratic
(d) Feminine

11. How many counties can one see from the hills of around the manor?
(a) Three
(b) Six
(c) Five
(d) Four

12. As she copies Algernon's words into her diary, what does Cecily chastise him for doing?
(a) Mumbling
(b) Coughing
(c) Laughing
(d) Staring

13. What ailment does Cecily claim Miss prism has?
(a) A general malaise
(b) A slight chill
(c) A headache
(d) An allergy attack

14. Whom does Jack ask Chasuble to christen?
(a) Gwendolen
(b) Ernest's body
(c) Cecily
(d) Jack himself

15. How does Algernon explain the money he owes for various dinners in London to Cecily?
(a) A large debt is a sign of wealth in London
(b) He has been confused with another man
(c) They were for Bunbury
(d) He runs a soup kitchen in the city

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an aspect of Algernon's character that Jack assails when he tells him to leave the manner

2. Which of these is not an occasion when Chasuble has preach his sermon on manna?

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

4. What, according to Miss Prism, does Socialism lead to?

5. What minor character defames the German language at the beginning of the Act?

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