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

2. What does Jack offer to present to Lady Bracknell in lieu of his parentage?
(a) The handbag in which he was found
(b) His "brother's" credentials
(c) A lord to vouch for him
(d) A substantial dowry

3. To what composer does Algernon compare his Aunt's ring? Tchaikovsky
(a) Wagner
(b) Mahler
(c) Tchaikovsky
(d) Mozart

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

5. At what age does Gwendolyn say she lost the respect of her mother?
(a) Ten
(b) Eighteen
(c) Twenty-five
(d) Three

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Algernon, what is the essence of romance?

3. Why do servants steal more champagne in the houses of bachelors?

4. According to Lady Bracknell, what two things rarely go together?

5. How does Lady Bracknell feel about Jack's having lost both of his parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Cecily become Jack's ward?

5. Describe Algernon Moncrieff.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Bunbury?

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