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The setting of The Importance of Being Earnest in Act 1 is

• the Manor House in Hedfordshire.

• Algy's flat on Half Moon Street in London.

• Aunt Augusta's mansion.

• Jack's garden house

Algernon's telling Aunt Augusta that there are no cucumber sandwiches is an example of

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• double entendre

• incongruity

Algernon's make believe invalid friend is named

• Bunny

• Bunbury

• Bunbun

• Bunting

When Algy says that Jack is the most "earnest" person he knows, he makes a/an

• pun

• epigram

• incongruous statement

• verbal irony

Jack's admitting that his "origin" is a handbag is an example of

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• incongruity

• anticipation

The play The Importance of Being Earnest is a ______ mocking Victorian prudery and excess.

• epigram

• satire

• soap opera

• tragedy

When Lady Bracknell says, "to lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness, her tone is

• playful

• severe

• mournful

• objective

By the end of Act one, Algy asks Lane to prepare his suits. Whom does he plan to visit?

• Gwendolen

• Cecily

• Mary Farquhar

• Aunt Augusta

A statement like "divorces are made in heaven" is an example of a

• epigram.

• pun.

• double entendre.

• farce.

In Act 1 of the play, Wilde mocks all of the following except

• marriage

• self-indulgence

• social expectations and manners

• individual freedom