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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. Who is the other partner in Grigsby's soliciting firm?
(a) O'Connor
(b) Park
(c) Tibley
(d) Welch

2. How does Algernon explain the money he owes for various dinners in London to Cecily?
(a) He has been confused with another man
(b) A large debt is a sign of wealth in London
(c) They were for Bunbury
(d) He runs a soup kitchen in the city

3. Why does Algernon claim he left London before Monday?
(a) He has an appointment on Monday he wants to miss
(b) He has an equestrian event to attend
(c) He must visit his invalid friend
(d) He cannot stand the city during the weekends

4. What is Algernon eating at the end of the Act?
(a) Cake
(b) Sardines
(c) Muffins
(d) Pate sandwiches

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Prism instruct Cecily to read while she is gone?

2. What attribute of Ernest does Cecily love?

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

4. About whom has Algernon - as Ernest - been talking to Cecily?

5. Immediately after proposing to Cecily, who does Algernon seek out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After the two women storm off, what is Algernon's attitude?

4. How do Cecily and Gwendolen learn the truth about Ernest?

5. Why is Cecily always distracted from her lessons?

6. What favor does Jack request of Chasuble?

7. What reason does Cecily give for not wanting to show Algernon her diary?

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

9. What reason does Miss Prism give for not wanting Ernest to be saved from his vices?

10. Why does Gwendolen state that she wishes Cecily were older?

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