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ACT 2 - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT DOES CECILY TELL HER GOVERNESS, MISS PRISM THAT SHE WISHES JACK WOULD ALLOW?

a)

A PET SNAKE

b)

A PARTY IN HERTFORDSHIRE

c)

A TRIP TO LONDON

d)

A VISIT FROM ERNEST

2.

MISS PRISM GOES ON A WALK WITH _____, LEAVING CECILY ALONE.

a)

DR. CHASUBLE

b)

ALGERNON

c)

GWENDOLEN

d)

JACK

3.

WHO DOES ALGERNON PRETEND TO BE WHEN HE VISITS CECILY AT HERTFORDSHIRE?

a)

JACK'S BUSINESS PARTNER

b)

ERNEST

c)

JACK

d)

A CENSUS TAKER

4.

UPON HIS RETURN TO HERTFORDSHIRE, WHOSE DEATH DOES JACK ANNOUNCE TO MISS PRISM AND DR. CHASUBLE?

a)

ALGERNON'S

b)

CECILY'S BROTHER

c)

CECILY'S SISTER

d)

ERNEST'S

5.

WHAT ARRANGEMENT DOES JACK MAKE WITH DR. CHASUBLE AFTER ANNOUNCING  ERNEST’S DEATH?

a)

TO RECHRISTEN HIMSELF ERNEST

b)

TO MARRY GWENDOLEN

c)

TO HOLD A FUNERAL

d)

TO GIVE A SPEECH

6.

WHAT PREVENTS JACK FROM REVEALING ALGERNON’S ASSUMED IDENTITY TO CECILY?

a)

HIS RESPECT FOR ALGERNON

b)

HIS SYMPATHY FOR CECILY

c)

HIS OWN LIES

d)

HE NEEDS ALGERNON'S HELP

7.

WHAT RESPONSE DOES CECILY GIVE ALGERNON WHEN HE PROPOSES MARRIAGE?

a)

SHE NEEDS TIME

b)

ABSOLUTELY NOT

c)

YES, WITH JACK'S APPROVAL

d)

SHE ALREADY CONSIDERED THEM ENGAGED

8.

WHAT ABOUT THE NAME “ERNEST” ATTRACTS CECILY TO ALGERNON, JUST AS IT ATTRACTS GWENDOLEN TO JACK?

a)

IT "SUGGESTS SINCERITY"

b)

IT "INSPIRES ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE"

c)

IT "PORTENDS SERIOUSNESS"

d)

IT "SOUNDS LIKE FURNACE"

9.

HOW DOES CECILY FIRST IDENTIFY HERSELF TO GWENDOLEN AT THE MANOR HOUSE?

a)

"ERNEST WORTHING'S FIANCÉE"

b)

"MR. WORTHING'S WARD"

c)

"JACK WORTHING'S WARD"

d)

"JACK WORTHING'S GRAND-DAUGHTER"

10.

WHAT DO  CECILY AND GWENDOLEN DO UPON LEARNING FROM JACK THAT “ERNEST” IS FICTION?

a)

SHOUT

b)

DISAVOW THEIR RESPECTIVE ENGAGEMENTS

c)

LEAVE ARM-IN-ARM

d)

STORM OFF SEPARATELY

11.

WHICH TWO CHARACTERS’ UNEXPECTED VISITS TO JACK PROMPT THE END OF HIS FICTIONAL BROTHER/ALTER EGO?

a)

CECILY AND GWENDOLEN

b)

ALGERNON AND DR. CHASUBLE

c)

ALGERNON AND GWENDOLEN

d)

GWENDOLEN AND LADY BRACKNELL

12.

WHICH TWO ATTRIBUTES BEST MATCH GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX?

a)

SOPHISTICATED AND PRETENTIOUS

b)

SIMPLE AND GENUINE

c)

CARING AND ANXIOUS

d)

CALLOUS AND CAREFREE

13.

WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, DOES CECILY CARDEW FIND INTRIGUING AND ATTRACTIVE ABOUT JACK’S IMAGINARY BROTHER ERNEST?

a)

HIS IMPULSIVENESS

b)

HIS DARK GOOD LOOKS

c)

HIS "JOIE DE VIVRE"

d)

HIS WICKEDNESS