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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. Why does Algernon claim he left London before Monday?
(a) He must visit his invalid friend
(b) He cannot stand the city during the weekends
(c) He has an appointment on Monday he wants to miss
(d) He has an equestrian event to attend
2. Why will Cecily not allow Algernon to read her diary?
(a) It is all about him
(b) It is in secret language
(c) It is improper
(d) She intends to publish it
3. Which two words do Miss Prism and Cecily confuse as they talk about Jack and his "brother"?
(a) sow and sew
(b) dirth and death
(c) great and grate
(d) night and knight
4. Who does Chasuble cite in chastising Algernon for gluttony?
(a) St. Paul
(b) Aristotle
(c) St. Augustine
(d) Dante
5. What does Jack tell Algernon has happened to Bunbury?
(a) He has recuperated
(b) He has exploded
(c) He has found a proper nurse
(d) He has moved away
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Algernon describe the day?
2. Which of these is not an occasion when Chasuble has preach his sermon on manna?
3. Who is the other partner in Grigsby's soliciting firm?
4. How does Cecily have letters from Ernest?
5. When the Cecily and Gwendolen both discover that each is engaged to Ernest, what do they compare?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Miss Prism give for not wanting Ernest to be saved from his vices?
2. What has Algernon arranged for later in the afternoon that jack has as well?
3. How do Cecily and Gwendolen learn the truth about Ernest?
4. Why is Cecily always distracted from her lessons?
5. What does Cecily do to anger Gwendolen as they take tea?
6. Why does Gwendolen state that she wishes Cecily were older?
7. What argument does Jack make to Algernon about eating in times of despair, and why at the end of Act II?
8. Describe Chasuble.
9. What news does Jack bring with him when he returns home from London.
10. What order does Jack give to Algernon after the women go in to lunch?
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