The Importance of Being Earnest Act II

Why does Cecily encourage Miss Prism to take a walk with Dr. Chasuble?

• She knows the two are in love and she is trying to set them up.
• She wants to speak to Jack privately.
• She wants them to find Miss Prism's abandoned book.
• She doesn't want to do her schoolwork.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Cecily's first reaction to meeting Algernon, who she believes to be Ernest?

• She is extreme;y polite and clearly interested in him.
• She ignores him until Jack returns.
• She is somewhat defensive, but only playfully so...
• She knows that he is not actually Ernest.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What happens right after Jack tells Dr. Chasuble and Miss Prism that his brother has died?

• A message comes from Lady Bracknell asking about Bunbury.
• Cecily actually believes that the garden is haunted.
• Dr. Chasuble and Miss Prism tell Jack that his brother is waiting for him in the house.
• Cecily tells him that Ernest is waiting for him in the house.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

When Jack discovers Algernon pretending to be his younger brother, how does Jack react?

• He is confused about why he has been told about his brother's death.
• He tells everyone that Algernon is not his brother.
• He is furious and tries to send Algernon away.
• He acts happy to see his brother.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Cecily say she and Algernon have been engaged for three months?

• He met her three months ago.
• She is confusing herself with Gwendolyn.
• She is bored in the country, so she makes up a story to amuse herself.
• She is delusional.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What happens when Cecily and Gwendolyn first meet each other?

• They are completely disgusted with one another.
• They get along with each other and call each other sister immediately.
• They believe they are engaged to the same person and get into an argument over tea.
• They console one another over their fiance's deception..

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What do Algernon and Jack want Chasuble to do?

• Play with them.
• Forgive their sins.
• Teach them.
• Christen them.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What do Gwendolyn and Cecily require of their husbands?

• They must be wicked.
• They must be witty.
• They must be rich.
• They must be named Ernest.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

What food does Cecily serve to Gwendolyn?

• Cake
• Muffins
• Bread and Butter
• Cucumber sandwiches

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What food do Jack and Algernon fight over at the end of Act II?

• Cake 
• Muffins
• Bread and Butter
• Cucumber sandwiches

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10