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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a condition that Jack and Algernon consider to kill Ernest?
(a) Apoplexy
(b) Influenza
(c) Scurvy
(d) A slight chill

2. 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 vanity
(c) His style of dress
(d) His appetite

3. In what county is Jack's country house?
(a) Lincolnshire
(b) Bedfordshire
(c) Cheshire
(d) Hertfordshire

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

5. Where does Lady Bracknell send Gwendolyn while she questions Jack?
(a) The garden
(b) The dining room
(c) The carriage
(d) The study

Short Answer Questions

1. What mission does Algernon give Cecily?

2. What does Chasuble claim was the reference in his unintentionally romantic comment to Miss Prism?

3. Where is Jack going to "kill" Ernest?

4. What does Algernon claim to be when he meets Cecily?

5. What does Chasuble quote in Act III as proof of a religious revival?

(see the answer key)

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