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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) Forty-three
(d) Twenty-nine

2. How often does does Algernon suggest one should check on one's relations?
(a) Once a season
(b) Once a week
(c) Once a month
(d) Daily

3. Why do servants steal more champagne in the houses of bachelors?
(a) The men are less observant
(b) There is less to do
(c) The wine is better
(d) The servants are never as drunk as their masters

4. How does Algernon describe Lane at the end of the First Act?
(a) A prig
(b) A pessimist
(c) A rube
(d) A modern stoic

5. Where is Jack going to "kill" Ernest?
(a) Paris
(b) America
(c) Rome
(d) London

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lane present to Algernon while Jack sees Gwendolen out?

2. Where does "Ernest" have a country house?

3. Why does Mr. Thomas Cardew give baby Jack the surname Worthing?

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

5. What item does Gwendolen take with her as she leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What clandestine declaration does Gwendolen make to Jack before she leaves?

4. Who is Bunbury?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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