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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?
(a) Duty to country
(b) Moral responsibility
(c) Respect for their betters
(d) History

2. What does Gwendolyn's brother ask all of his girlfriends?
(a) For directions
(b) For advice
(c) For money
(d) To marry him

3. How many of the cucumber sandwiches does Algernon eat?
(a) None of them
(b) One of them
(c) All of them
(d) Half of them

4. With what Duchess does Lady Bracknell share a list of eligible English bachelors?
(a) York
(b) Marlborough
(c) Bolton
(d) Kent

5. To whom does Jack let his town house much of the year?
(a) John Merrick
(b) Cecily
(c) Lady Bloxham
(d) His brother

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cecily?

2. What political affiliation does Jack claim?

3. What does Algernon find decidedly unromantic?

4. How old is Jack?

5. What adjective does Lady Bracknell use to describe Algernon's association with the invalid "Bunbury"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gwendolen love so much about the name Ernest?

2. What is Algernon's stated opinion of love and marriage in Act I?

3. Why are there no cucumber sandwiches at the Algernon's when Lady Bracknell arrives?

4. Why does Algernon discreetly write down Jack's country address on his cuff?

5. Name a few of Lady Bracknell's requirements for a suitable bachelor.

6. What is Lady Bracknell's response to the story of Jack's adoption?

7. Describe Algernon and Jack's conversation concerning Cecily and Gwendolen.

8. How does Jack Worthing's cigarette case betray his identity to Algernon?

9. What, according to Jack and Algernon, is the difference between mothers and fathers in modern society?

10. Why does Jack intend to "kill" Ernest?

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