The Importance of Being Earnest Act II

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.

What is Cecily's first reaction to meeting Algernon, who she believes to be Ernest?

• She is extreme;y polite and clearly interested in him.
• She ignores him until Jack returns.
• She is somewhat defensive, but only playfully so...
• She knows that he is not actually Ernest.

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.

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 has really met him before and they are engaged.

What happens when Cecily and Gwendolyn first meet each other?

• They are completely disgusted with one another.

• They get along with each other initially.

• 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 does Cecily serve to Gwendolyn?

• Cake
• Muffins
• Bread and Butter
• Cucumber sandwiches

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

• Cake 
• Muffins
• Bread and Butter
• Cucumber sandwiches