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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. Why does Gwendolyn decline sugar in her tea?
(a) It is out of style
(b) She prefers lemon
(c) She fears poisoning
(d) It is too rich

2. Who does Cecily wish would come to the country manor?
(a) Ernest
(b) Jack
(c) Algernon
(d) Gwendolen

3. What workman's item does Gwendolen claim never to have seen?
(a) A piece of coal
(b) A work glove
(c) A spade
(d) An axe

4. What does Cecily do with the scissors?
(a) Cut a rose for Algernon
(b) Cut a thread from the hem of her skirts
(c) Prune a bush while Algernon eats
(d) Scare off Algernon's advances

5. Why did Cecily and Ernest break off their first engagement?
(a) He left for Australia
(b) He danced with another woman
(c) She was too young
(d) She danced with another man

Short Answer Questions

1. What lunch has Jack traditionally been enjoying of late?

2. What does Miss Prism recommend to Chasuble?

3. How does Cecily have letters from Ernest?

4. What ailment does Cecily claim Miss prism has?

5. How does Algernon explain the money he owes for various dinners in London to Cecily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Jack bring with him when he returns home from London.

2. How does Algernon end up paying for Jack's debt in Act II?

3. What has Algernon arranged for later in the afternoon that jack has as well?

4. How does Cecily get rid of Miss Prism at the the beginning of Act II?

5. Describe Chasuble.

6. What argument does Jack make to Algernon about eating in times of despair, and why at the end of Act II?

7. Why is Cecily always distracted from her lessons?

8. What order does Jack give to Algernon after the women go in to lunch?

9. How does Algernon get rid of Miss Prism when he wants say goodbye to Cecily?

10. When Algernon arrives under the guise Ernest, what does Cecily tell him about Jack's plans?

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