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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. In reality, what it is the relationship between Cecily and Jack?
(a) They are engaged
(b) She is his ward
(c) They are siblings
(d) She does not exist

2. Which of the following is not a condition that Jack and Algernon consider to kill Ernest?
(a) A slight chill
(b) Influenza
(c) Apoplexy
(d) Scurvy

3. About how much money does "Ernest" owe the Savoy?
(a) 500 pounds
(b) 700 pounds
(c) 200 pounds
(d) 1000 pounds

4. To whom does Jack let his town house much of the year?
(a) His brother
(b) John Merrick
(c) Cecily
(d) Lady Bloxham

5. What is the only thing that allows Algernon to put up with his relatives?
(a) The ocassional loans
(b) The gossip about his friends
(c) Hearing them privately abused
(d) Seeing them leave

Short Answer Questions

1. What service does Lady Bracknell require of Algernon on Saturday?

2. What adjective does Lady Bracknell use to describe Algernon's association with the invalid "Bunbury"?

3. In what perpetual state is Algernon, according to Jack?

4. Where is Jack going to "kill" Ernest?

5. What has Gwendolyn asked Lady Bracknell to refrain from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jack intend to "kill" Ernest?

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

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

5. Why are there no cucumber sandwiches at the Algernon's when Lady Bracknell arrives?

6. Why do Algernon and Jack have such difficulty choosing a place to have dinner?

7. How is it that Jack does not know who his parents are?

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

9. Name a few of Lady Bracknell's requirements for a suitable bachelor.

10. What, according to Jack and Algernon, is the difference between mothers and fathers in modern society?

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