The Importance of Being Earnest

Which character has a fake brother that he pretends to be when he is in London?

• Jack

• Benedick

• Gwendolen

• Algy

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

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which character has always wanted to fall in love with someone named Ernest?

• Gwendolen

• Lady Bracknell

• Miss Prism

• Algy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which character is the aunt of Algernon and the mother of Gwendolen?

• Miss Prism

• Cecily

• Lady Bracknell

• Dr. Chasuble

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What information comes out when Lady Bracknell starts questioning Jack about his background to see if he will be a suitable suitor for Gwendolen?

• Jack smokes.

• Jack was adopted.

• Jack was found in a hand bag when he was a baby.

• All of these are correct.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Jack tells Gwendolen his address, Algy writes it down so _?_.

• Gwendolen won't forget it.

• Algernon can go there to meet Cecily.

• Algernon can send the police there to arrest Jack for the murder of his brother, Ernest.

• Algernon can send Jack a letter there.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does the playwright divide the play into two scenes?

• to make it longer

• because the actors need a break

• to allow for drastic make-up and costume changes

• because the setting changes from Algy's apartment to Jack's house in the country

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is Cecily?

• A servant who works at Jack's house

• The teenage girl Jack is in charge of raising

• The governess of Jack's little sister

• Gwendolen's sister

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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CCSS.RL.6.3

When Algernon shows up at Jack's house, who does he say he is?

• Jack's younger brother Ernest

• Jack's friend Algernon

• a new butler

• Algy

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Algernon decides that he is in love with Cecily and discovers _?_.

• She thinks she has been engaged to him for three months.

• She is already married.

• She is planning to become a nun.

• He can’t reach the top of her head.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Gwendolen comes to visit "Ernest," and the girls discover _?_.

• They have the same birthday.

• They are really long-lost sisters.

• They are both engaged to Ernest.

• They like to read the same kinds of books.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.2