The Importance of Being Earnest

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.

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.

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..

What do Algernon and Jack want Chasuble to do?

• Play with them.
• Forgive their sins.
• Teach them.
• Christen them.

What do Gwendolyn and Cecily require of their husbands?

• They must be wicked.
• They must be witty.
• They must be rich.
• They must be named Ernest.

What food do Jack and Algernon fight over at the end of Act II?

• Cake 
• Muffins
• Bread and Butter
• Cucumber sandwiches

Who said: "Do not speak slightingly of the three-volume novel, I wrote one myself in the earlier days."

• Miss Prism
• Dr. Chasuble
• Jack
• Algernon

Who said: "You silly boy, we have been engaged for three months."

• Algernon
• Gwendolyn
• Jack
• Cecily

Because the characters of Algernon and Jack are concerned with style and enjoying life, they best represent what movement?

• Aesthetic
• Transcendentalist
• Gothic
• Modern

According to Algernon, what do the lower classes lack a sense of?

• respect for their elders

• moral responsibility

• history

• duty to country