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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jack?
(a) Thirty-five
(b) Nineteen
(c) Forty-three
(d) Twenty-nine

2. What political affiliation does Jack claim?
(a) Liberal Unionist
(b) Social Democrat
(c) Whig
(d) Indifferent

3. According to Lady Bracknell, what two things rarely go together?
(a) Making love and making peace
(b) Behaving well and feeling well
(c) Having much and owing little
(d) Knowing much and knowing self

4. To what composer does Algernon compare his Aunt's ring? Tchaikovsky
(a) Mahler
(b) Tchaikovsky
(c) Wagner
(d) Mozart

5. Who are the most interesting people, according to Algernon?
(a) Those who choose not to speak
(b) Those with a willingness to lend money
(c) Those you haven't met
(d) Those who enjoy your present

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Algernon enjoying at the end of the Act?

2. At what age does Gwendolyn say she lost the respect of her mother?

3. About how much money does "Ernest" owe the Savoy?

4. According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?

5. What item does Gwendolen take with her as she leaves?

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