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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What mission does Algernon give Cecily?
(a) To intercept Jack's mail
(b) To inquire after Gwendolen's health
(c) To fethch him lunch
(d) To reform him
2. Why did Cecily and Ernest break off their first engagement?
(a) He danced with another woman
(b) She was too young
(c) He left for Australia
(d) She danced with another man
3. How does Cecily have letters from Ernest?
(a) Other boys wrote them and she changed the name
(b) Jack wrote them
(c) Algernon wrote them
(d) She wrote them herself
4. What vulgar people does Algernon suggest bandy about there business in cocktail parties?
(a) Clergy
(b) Actors
(c) Politicians
(d) Stockbrokers
5. Why is Miss Prism concerned by Chasuble's being in the vestry?
(a) It is very hot
(b) It is very damp
(c) It is very dry
(d) It is very lonely
6. Whom has Gwendolen already contacted about her betrothal to Ernest?
(a) Her father
(b) The Morning Post
(c) The Census Bureau
(d) Westminster Cathedral
7. What does Chasuble quote in Act III as proof of a religious revival?
(a) The Times of London
(b) The Beggar's Opera
(c) The previous year's Almanack
(d) The Confessions of St. Augustine
8. What does Gwendolen beg Cecily to call her after they realize they are deceived?
(a) Friend
(b) Gwen
(c) Sister
(d) Mother
9. With what does Grigsby present Algernon?
(a) A bill
(b) His luggage
(c) A sherry
(d) A bible
10. Why does Gwendolyn decline sugar in her tea?
(a) She prefers lemon
(b) It is out of style
(c) It is too rich
(d) She fears poisoning
11. Why was Miss Prism's novel never published?
(a) The editor stole the manuscript and published it himself
(b) She lost the manuscript
(c) No publisher would take it
(d) She never finished it
12. What attribute of Ernest does Cecily love?
(a) His name
(b) His hair
(c) His taste
(d) All of the above
13. About whom has Algernon - as Ernest - been talking to Cecily?
(a) Miss Prism
(b) Bunbury
(c) Jack
(d) Lady Bracknell
14. Why will Cecily not allow Algernon to read her diary?
(a) It is all about him
(b) It is improper
(c) She intends to publish it
(d) It is in secret language
15. When Algernon arrives, under what name is he traveling?
(a) Ernest
(b) Jack
(c) Bunbury
(d) Oscar
Short Answer Questions
1. Which two words do Miss Prism and Cecily confuse as they talk about Jack and his "brother"?
2. Who serves tea to Cecily and Gwendolen?
3. What does Miss Prism instruct Cecily to read while she is gone?
4. What does Miss Prism recommend to Chasuble?
5. How does Algernon explain the money he owes for various dinners in London to Cecily?
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