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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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

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

7. What is Cecily's constant distraction?
(a) The gardener
(b) Her appetite
(c) Her diary
(d) Her narcolepsy

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

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

10. Whom has Gwendolen already contacted about her betrothal to Ernest?
(a) The Census Bureau
(b) Westminster Cathedral
(c) Her father
(d) The Morning Post

11. Who is the other partner in Grigsby's soliciting firm?
(a) Welch
(b) O'Connor
(c) Tibley
(d) Park

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

13. Next to whose room does Merriman place Algernon's luggage?
(a) Miss Prism's
(b) Jack's
(c) Cecily's
(d) Chasuble's

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Algernon describe the day?

2. Which two words do Miss Prism and Cecily confuse as they talk about Jack and his "brother"?

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

4. What attribute of Ernest does Cecily love?

5. Upon finding out the Cecily is Mr. Worthing's ward, how old does Gwendolen wish Cecily was?

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