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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Chasuble cite in chastising Algernon for gluttony?
(a) Dante
(b) Aristotle
(c) St. Paul
(d) St. Augustine

2. Where does Cecily get her ideas for her diary?
(a) At church
(b) In her room
(c) From Miss Prism's reading
(d) In the garden

3. When Algernon arrives, under what name is he traveling?
(a) Ernest
(b) Bunbury
(c) Oscar
(d) Jack

4. Who serves tea to Cecily and Gwendolen?
(a) Moulton
(b) Lane
(c) Grigsby
(d) Merriman

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

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

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

8. What minor character defames the German language at the beginning of the Act?
(a) Moulton
(b) Merriman
(c) Mr. Grigsby
(d) Lane

9. 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 runs a soup kitchen in the city
(c) They were for Bunbury
(d) He has been confused with another man

10. Why will Cecily not allow Algernon to read her diary?
(a) It is improper
(b) It is in secret language
(c) She intends to publish it
(d) It is all about him

11. What does Cecily do with the scissors?
(a) Prune a bush while Algernon eats
(b) Cut a thread from the hem of her skirts
(c) Cut a rose for Algernon
(d) Scare off Algernon's advances

12. Where do Cecily and Gwendolen depart to when they leave the men?
(a) The drawing room
(b) The hills
(c) The garden
(d) London

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

14. Why did Cecily and Ernest break off their first engagement?
(a) She was too young
(b) She danced with another man
(c) He danced with another woman
(d) He left for Australia

15. Why does Algernon suggest Jack not get christened?
(a) He might get a chill
(b) It is blashpemous
(c) It is tedious
(d) The name "Jack" suits him

Short Answer Questions

1. How many counties can one see from the hills of around the manor?

2. What is Cecily's justification that she should not have to learn German?

3. How does Cecily have letters from Ernest?

4. Where does Cecily tell Algernon he is being sent?

5. What vulgar people does Algernon suggest bandy about there business in cocktail parties?

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