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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 is Gwendolyn given with her tea?
(a) Scones
(b) Biscuits
(c) Cake
(d) Bread and butter
2. When the Cecily and Gwendolen both discover that each is engaged to Ernest, what do they compare?
(a) Rings
(b) Diaries
(c) Wedding notices
(d) Figures
3. Why was Miss Prism's novel never published?
(a) No publisher would take it
(b) She never finished it
(c) She lost the manuscript
(d) The editor stole the manuscript and published it himself
4. What mission does Algernon give Cecily?
(a) To inquire after Gwendolen's health
(b) To fethch him lunch
(c) To reform him
(d) To intercept Jack's mail
5. Which two words do Miss Prism and Cecily confuse as they talk about Jack and his "brother"?
(a) great and grate
(b) night and knight
(c) sow and sew
(d) dirth and death
Short Answer Questions
1. Who serves tea to Cecily and Gwendolen?
2. Who is the other partner in Grigsby's soliciting firm?
3. What minor character defames the German language at the beginning of the Act?
4. Immediately after proposing to Cecily, who does Algernon seek out?
5. Upon finding out the Cecily is Mr. Worthing's ward, how old does Gwendolen wish Cecily was?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cecily do to anger Gwendolen as they take tea?
2. What order does Jack give to Algernon after the women go in to lunch?
3. What changes in Ernest's behavior does Algernon announce when he arrives at Jack's country house?
4. What is Cecily's response to Algernon's proposal to her?
5. Why is Cecily always distracted from her lessons?
6. What reason does Miss Prism give for not wanting Ernest to be saved from his vices?
7. What reason does Cecily give for not wanting to show Algernon her diary?
8. Describe Cecily and Miss Prisms opposing views on writing.
9. How does Algernon end up paying for Jack's debt in Act II?
10. What favor does Jack request of Chasuble?
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