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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two words do Miss Prism and Cecily confuse as they talk about Jack and his "brother"?
(a) sow and sew
(b) dirth and death
(c) great and grate
(d) night and knight

2. What lunch has Jack traditionally been enjoying of late?
(a) tea and cucumber sandwiches
(b) water and biscuits
(c) pate sandwiches and champagne
(d) roast beef and lager

3. Immediately after proposing to Cecily, who does Algernon seek out?
(a) Lady Bracknell
(b) Jack
(c) Miss Prism
(d) Chasuble

4. Upon finding out the Cecily is Mr. Worthing's ward, how old does Gwendolen wish Cecily was?
(a) Forty-two
(b) Eight
(c) Sixteen
(d) Sixty

5. With what does Grigsby present Algernon?
(a) A bill
(b) His luggage
(c) A sherry
(d) A bible

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

7. What does Miss Prism instruct Cecily to read while she is gone?
(a) German History
(b) Verb Conjugation
(c) Political Economy
(d) Geometic Theory

8. What German writer is Cecily studying at the top of Act II?
(a) Schiller
(b) Schopenhauer
(c) Goethe
(d) Hegel

9. What does Algernon claim to be when he meets Cecily?
(a) Cunning but not vicious
(b) Charming but not saturnine
(c) Extravagent but not profligate
(d) Reckless but not wicked

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

11. Why is Miss Prism concerned by Chasuble's being in the vestry?
(a) It is very hot
(b) It is very damp
(c) It is very lonely
(d) It is very dry

12. Who does Cecily wish would come to the country manor?
(a) Gwendolen
(b) Jack
(c) Ernest
(d) Algernon

13. At the end of the act, why does Algernon not want to see Cecily in the garden?
(a) He fears her anger
(b) He does not know what to say
(c) She expects him
(d) She forbids him

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom has Algernon - as Ernest - been talking to Cecily?

2. Who serves tea to Cecily and Gwendolen?

3. How does Algernon explain the money he owes for various dinners in London to Cecily?

4. Where does Cecily get her ideas for her diary?

5. According to Grigsby, who generally pays outstanding debts for the debtor?

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