The Importance of Being Earnest - Act I

Whose arrival does Algernon's Butler announce in the opening scene?

• Gwendolen Fairfax

• Lady Bracknell

• Jack Worthing

• Earnest Worthing

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What does Lane's inaccurate entry in the household book reveal?

• Lane keeps some money for himself.

• Lane doesn't write down what he buys.

• Lane drinks some alcohol himself.

• Lane keeps some cucumbers for himself.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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What does Earnest/Jack tell Algernon why he is in London that day?

• To visit some friends

• To propose to Gwendolen

• To buy a new suit

• To eat in a fancy restaurant

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does Algernon want Earnest/Jack to clear up before his consent to marry Gwendolen?

• The "name question"

• The "question of Jack"

• The "problem of inheritance"

• The "question of Cecily"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What object makes Jack reveal his real name?

• A cigarette case

• A money clip

• A glasses case

• A fountain pen

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Algernon call the practice of keeping an imaginary friend?

• Willoughbyism

• Hydeism

• Bunyanism

• Bunburyism

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Where does Algernon take Lady Bracknell to give Jack and Gwendolen some privacy?

• The library

• The music room

• The garden

• The dining room

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Gwendolen doesn't want to marry...

• someone with no morals.

• someone with no inheritance.

• someone who lies.

• someone not named Earnest.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What does Jack intend to do with Earnest?

• Become him

• Legally adopt him

• Make him disappear

• Kill him off

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

How does Algernon find out Jack's country address?

• He examines Jack's pockets.

• He overhears a conversation.

• It is written in the cigarette case.

• He asks Jack.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.8.7