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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gwendolyn given with her tea?
(a) Bread and butter
(b) Scones
(c) Biscuits
(d) Cake

2. Who is Cecily's governess?
(a) Gwendolyn
(b) Miss Prism
(c) She has none
(d) Lady Bracknell

3. What minor character defames the German language at the beginning of the Act?
(a) Mr. Grigsby
(b) Merriman
(c) Lane
(d) Moulton

4. Which of the following is not an aspect of Algernon's character that Jack assails when he tells him to leave the manner
(a) His conduct
(b) His appetite
(c) His vanity
(d) His style of dress

5. What German writer is Cecily studying at the top of Act II?
(a) Schopenhauer
(b) Schiller
(c) Goethe
(d) Hegel

Short Answer Questions

1. What vulgar people does Algernon suggest bandy about there business in cocktail parties?

2. What mythical creature does Jack compare Lady Bracknell to?

3. What does Gwendolyn's brother ask all of his girlfriends?

4. About whom has Algernon - as Ernest - been talking to Cecily?

5. In Act I, what relation does Jack claim to Cecily?

(see the answer key)

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