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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 does Cecily do with the scissors?
(a) Cut a rose for Algernon
(b) Cut a thread from the hem of her skirts
(c) Scare off Algernon's advances
(d) Prune a bush while Algernon eats

2. What does Chasuble claim was the reference in his unintentionally romantic comment to Miss Prism?
(a) Swans
(b) Bees
(c) Bears
(d) Fish

3. Next to whose room does Merriman place Algernon's luggage?
(a) Cecily's
(b) Chasuble's
(c) Jack's
(d) Miss Prism's

4. Who is the other partner in Grigsby's soliciting firm?
(a) Park
(b) O'Connor
(c) Welch
(d) Tibley

5. What adjective does Cecily use to describe the name Algernon?
(a) Idiotic
(b) Quixotic
(c) Feminine
(d) Aristocratic

Short Answer Questions

1. What attribute of Ernest does Cecily love?

2. As she copies Algernon's words into her diary, what does Cecily chastise him for doing?

3. Which of the following is not an aspect of Algernon's character that Jack assails when he tells him to leave the manner

4. Whom has Gwendolen already contacted about her betrothal to Ernest?

5. What is Cecily's constant distraction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cecily and Miss Prisms opposing views on writing.

2. What has Algernon arranged for later in the afternoon that jack has as well?

3. What argument does Jack make to Algernon about eating in times of despair, and why at the end of Act II?

4. When Algernon arrives under the guise Ernest, what does Cecily tell him about Jack's plans?

5. What reason does Miss Prism give for not wanting Ernest to be saved from his vices?

6. What order does Jack give to Algernon after the women go in to lunch?

7. After the two women storm off, what is Algernon's attitude?

8. Why does Gwendolen state that she wishes Cecily were older?

9. What reason does Cecily give for not wanting to show Algernon her diary?

10. Describe Chasuble.

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