8th The Importance of Being Earnest Act 3, Part 2 Quiz

Select the correct answer to complete each sentence.

Jack is against ________.

• marrying Gwendolen too soon

• sharing his wealth with Lady Bracknell

• Cecily marrying Algernon

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select the correct answer to complete each sentence.

Jack says he will change his mind if Lady Bracknell^________?

• apologizes for speaking badly of his status

• agrees to wait until Algernon is thirty-five

• consents to his marriage with Gwendolen

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What textual evidence is an example of how multiple perspectives and dramatic irony produce humor in the play?

Select all the correct answers.

• Lady Bracknell does not want to consent to the marriage between Gwendolen and Jack.

• Lady Bracknell is surprised and appalled by the idea of grown men getting baptized.

• Dr. Chasuble decides he will return to the church at once because someone is waiting for him.

• Jack tries to hug Miss Prism after he learns the handbag he has shown her belongs to her.

Select the correct answer to complete each sentence.

When Lady Bracknell hears the name Prism, she ______

• is excited to finally see her old friend

• demands to see her right away

• learns that Miss Prism deceived people under a different name

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the correct answer to complete each sentence.

She reveals that twenty-eight years ago, Miss Prism _____

• never returned after a walk with her sister’s baby boy

• pretended to be her poor younger sister

• lost Lady Bracknell’s manuscript and baby boy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

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

What does Miss Prism reveal to the other characters about the incident twenty-eight years ago?

• She forgot to bring Lady Bracknell’s handbag back to her house.

• She mistakenly left a baby boy in a handbag.

• She purposely left a baby and a handbag at the station out of anger.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What new information is revealed after Lady Bracknell informs Jack of his true identity?

Select all the correct answers.

• Gwendolen and Cecily are sisters.

• Algernon is actually Jack’s uncle.

• Jack is Algernon’s older brother.

• Lady Bracknell is Jack’s aunt.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Jack discovers that his Christian name is actually Ernest.

Is the statement true or false?

• True

• False