The Importance of Being Earnest ACT 2

What prevents Jack from revealing Algernon's assumed identity to Cecily?

• His respect for Algernon

• His own lies

• His sympathy for Cecily

• He needs Algernon's help

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What response does Cecily give Algernon when he proposes marriage?

• She needs time

• Absolutely not

• Yes, with Jack's approval

• She already considered them engaged

What about the name "Ernest" attracts Cecily to Algernon, just as it attracts Gwendolen to Jack?

• It "suggest sincerity"

• It "portends seriousness"

• It "inspires absolute confidence"

• It "sounds like 'furnace'"

How does Cecily first identify herself to Gwendolen at the Manor House?

• "Ernest Worthing's fiancée"

• "Jack Worthing's Ward"

• "Mr. Worthing's Ward"

• "Jack Worthing's granddaughter"

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What do Cecily and Gwendolen do upon learning from Jack that "Ernest" is fiction?

• Shout

• Leave arm-in-arm

• Disavow their respective engagements

• Storm off separately

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 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.

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.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

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.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7