Themes, Motifs and Symbols in TIBE

Why is the theme of marriage important within the play?

• Because there are three couples who wish to get married

• It is both a force motivating the plot and a social convention

• It is both a force motivating the plot and as a subject for speculation and debate

• Because all of the characters are opposed to the idea of marriage

Which characters believe that marriage is 'business' not 'pleasure'?

• Lady Bracknell and Jack

• Algernon and Jack

• Lady Bracknell and Lord Bracknell

• Lady Bracknell and Algernon

In general, Lady Bracknell's interrogation of Jack eflects the conventional preoccupations of Victorian respectability which are...

• Money, wealth and riches

• Income, social position and character

• Power, money, property

• Income, power, social position

Who are the 'romantics' in the play?

• Lady Bracknell and Algernon

• Jack and Gwendolen

• Jack and Cecily

• Gwendolen and Cecily

What does Wilde want us to see as truly moral?

• Earnestness

• Irreverence

• Honesty

• Good behaviour

Which character best represents Oscar Wilde?

• Algernon

• Jack

• Lady Bracknell

• Cecily

What does it mean to be 'earnest'?

• To be kind

• To be serious and sincere

• To be deceitful

• To be morally upstanding

In the play, Wilde criticises:

• Honesty and sincerity

• Deceit

• False truth and false morality

• Truth and morality

Who is a complex symbol of Victorian hypocrisy?

• Algernon

• Lady Bracknell

• Jack

• Gwendolen

Which of the following is an example of an inversion (epigram)?

• Two is company, three is a crowd

• Marriages are made in heaven

• In married life, three is company and two is none.

• It's perfectly easy to be cynical.