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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Cecily and Gwendolen both discover that each is engaged to Ernest, what do they compare?
(a) Figures
(b) Diaries
(c) Rings
(d) Wedding notices

2. About whom has Algernon - as Ernest - been talking to Cecily?
(a) Miss Prism
(b) Lady Bracknell
(c) Jack
(d) Bunbury

3. What is the last sticking point for Cecily and Gwendolen in terms of marrying the men?
(a) Their honesty
(b) Their names
(c) Their residences
(d) Their debts

4. Why does Algernon suggest Jack not get christened?
(a) It is tedious
(b) He might get a chill
(c) The name "Jack" suits him
(d) It is blashpemous

5. What service does Lady Bracknell require of Algernon on Saturday?
(a) He must arrange her music
(b) They must attend a French farce together
(c) He must tend to her shrubbery
(d) He must rearrange her furniture

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Bracknell wish to avoid at the train station?

2. How old is Jack?

3. What minor character defames the German language at the beginning of the Act?

4. At what age will Cecily legally be allowed to marry of her own accord?

5. In what perpetual state is Algernon, according to Jack?

(see the answer key)

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