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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. What, according to Miss Prism, does Socialism lead to?
(a) Vulgar literature
(b) Rioting
(c) Rational dress for women
(d) Dissolution of the family

3. What is Miss Prism's first name?
(a) Eleanor
(b) Christabel
(c) Samanth
(d) Laetitia

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

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

6. Why does Gwendolyn decline sugar in her tea?
(a) It is too rich
(b) She fears poisoning
(c) It is out of style
(d) She prefers lemon

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

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

9. Which of the following is not an aspect of Algernon's character that Jack assails when he tells him to leave the manner
(a) His conduct
(b) His style of dress
(c) His appetite
(d) His vanity

10. About whom has Algernon - as Ernest - been talking to Cecily?
(a) Jack
(b) Bunbury
(c) Lady Bracknell
(d) Miss Prism

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

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

13. What workman's item does Gwendolen claim never to have seen?
(a) A work glove
(b) A spade
(c) A piece of coal
(d) An axe

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack feel about affection?

2. When Algernon arrives, under what name is he traveling?

3. As she copies Algernon's words into her diary, what does Cecily chastise him for doing?

4. Where do Cecily and Gwendolen depart to when they leave the men?

5. What does Cecily do with the scissors?

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