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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. What aspect of humanity is Jack sick of?
(a) Bohemianism
(b) Profligacy
(c) Bigotry
(d) Cleverness

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

3. What participle does Jack inadvertently substitute for "married" when he attempts to say "We must get married at once"?
(a) Stationed
(b) Plastered
(c) Buried
(d) Christened

4. Why does Mr. Thomas Cardew give baby Jack the surname Worthing?
(a) It was the destination of his ticket
(b) It is the name of Cardew's favorite footballer
(c) It was Cardew's mother's maiden name
(d) It was the first word that came to mind

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Jack let his town house much of the year?

3. According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?

4. On what day is Jack leaving town?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Cecily become Jack's ward?

3. Who is Bunbury?

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

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

6. What is Jack Worthing's business in London?

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

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

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

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

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