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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jack tell Algernon has happened to Bunbury?
(a) He has moved away
(b) He has exploded
(c) He has found a proper nurse
(d) He has recuperated

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

4. Why does Algernon claim he left London before Monday?
(a) He cannot stand the city during the weekends
(b) He has an equestrian event to attend
(c) He must visit his invalid friend
(d) He has an appointment on Monday he wants to miss

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. For how long does Cecily say she and Ernest have been engaged?
(a) Three months
(b) Six months
(c) One month
(d) One hour

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chasuble claim was the reference in his unintentionally romantic comment to Miss Prism?

2. What does Miss Prism instruct Cecily to read while she is gone?

3. At the end of the act, why does Algernon not want to see Cecily in the garden?

4. What does Miss Prism recommend to Chasuble?

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

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