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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Victoria Station was the handbag with Jack in it discovered?
(a) A cloak room
(b) A news kiosk
(c) A platform
(d) A train compartment

2. What adjective does Lady Bracknell use to describe Algernon's association with the invalid "Bunbury"?
(a) Frivolous
(b) Morbid
(c) Christian
(d) Foolish

3. With what Duchess does Lady Bracknell share a list of eligible English bachelors?
(a) York
(b) Kent
(c) Marlborough
(d) Bolton

4. How old is Jack?
(a) Thirty-five
(b) Nineteen
(c) Forty-three
(d) Twenty-nine

5. What does Cecily pay no attention to, according to Jack?
(a) Her lessons
(b) His warnings
(c) The advances of boys
(d) Her spending

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not a description of the handbag in which Jack was found?

2. What participle does Jack inadvertently substitute for "married" when he attempts to say "We must get married at once"?

3. Where does Lady Bracknell send Gwendolyn while she questions Jack?

4. To what composer does Algernon compare his Aunt's ring? Tchaikovsky

5. What does Gwendolyn's brother ask all of his girlfriends?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cecily become Jack's ward?

2. How does Jack Worthing's cigarette case betray his identity to Algernon?

3. Why does Algernon discreetly write down Jack's country address on his cuff?

4. Describe Algernon and Jack's conversation concerning Cecily and Gwendolen.

5. What does Gwendolen love so much about the name Ernest?

6. What orders does Algernon give Lane at the end of the First Act?

7. What is Lady Bracknell's response to the story of Jack's adoption?

8. What is Lady Bracknell's opinion of Bunbury?

9. Why doe Jack go by the name of Ernest in London?

10. What is Algernon's stated opinion of love and marriage in Act I?

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