The Importance of Being Earnest (Film)

In the opening sequence, how does Algernon eventually escape the debt collectors?

• He hides in jack's house.

• He goes to the theatre.

• He hops into a stranger's carriage.

• He hides in a storage room behind a restaurant.

Which element of the original play was omitted from the film.

• Algernon's piano playing

• Jack's missing cigarette case

• Algernon's repetitive negative comments about marriage

• Cecily's dislike of German lessons

In the play, Jack is 29 years old. In the film, the screenwriter adjusted the age to match Colin Firth's age. How old is Jack in the film?

• 35

• 29

• 30

• 25

What method of transportation does Algernon use to travel to Jack's country house?

• Train

• House and carriage

• Airplane

• Hot air balloon

What morbid prop is added to the scene in which Jack tells the Rev. and Miss Prism that Ernest is dead?

• A coffin

• A funeral procession of mourners

• Ernest's funeral shroud.

• An urn with ashes

How does Gwendolyn arrive at Jack's manor?

• Slow car

• Hot Air Balloon

• Train

• With Lady Bracknell

Why doesn't the debt collector arrest Algernon?

• Because he's not Ernest.

• Because Merriman hides Algy.

• Because the debt isn't really Algernon's

• Because Jack agrees to pay the debt.

How does Miss Prism figure out that Rev. Chasuble has a crush on her?

• He tells her.

• He invites her to the vestry.

• She finds a sizable collection of paintings he's made of her.

• Lady Bracknell tells her it's "obvious."

What tune do Jack and Algernon sing/hum to the ladies?

• "Lady. Come Down"

• "It's Important to Be Earnest"

• "Jack and Algernon Are Nice Names Too"

• The Wedding March

How does Miss Prism first respond to the question "Where is that baby?"

• She faints

• She throws up.

• She screams.

• She smiles devilisgly.