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The Importance of Being Earnest - Act I

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whose arrival does Algernon's Butler announce in the opening scene?

a)

Gwendolen Fairfax

b)

Lady Bracknell

c)

Jack Worthing

d)

Earnest Worthing

2.

What does Lane's inaccurate entry in the household book reveal?

a)

Lane keeps some money for himself.

b)

Lane doesn't write down what he buys.

c)

Lane drinks some alcohol himself.

d)

Lane keeps some cucumbers for himself.

3.

What does Earnest/Jack tell Algernon why he is in London that day?

a)

To visit some friends

b)

To propose to Gwendolen

c)

To buy a new suit

d)

To eat in a fancy restaurant

4.

What does Algernon want Earnest/Jack to clear up before his consent to marry Gwendolen?

a)

The "name question"

b)

The "question of Jack"

c)

The "problem of inheritance"

d)

The "question of Cecily"

5.

What object makes Jack reveal his real name?

a)

A cigarette case

b)

A money clip

c)

A glasses case

d)

A fountain pen

6.

What does Algernon call the practice of keeping an imaginary friend?

a)

Willoughbyism

b)

Hydeism

c)

Bunyanism

d)

Bunburyism

7.

Where does Algernon take Lady Bracknell to give Jack and Gwendolen some privacy?

a)

The library

b)

The music room

c)

The garden

d)

The dining room

8.

Gwendolen doesn't want to marry...

a)

someone with no morals.

b)

someone with no inheritance.

c)

someone who lies.

d)

someone not named Earnest.

9.

What does Jack intend to do with Earnest?

a)

Become him

b)

Legally adopt him

c)

Make him disappear

d)

Kill him off

10.

How does Algernon find out Jack's country address?

a)

He examines Jack's pockets.

b)

He overhears a conversation.

c)

It is written in the cigarette case.

d)

He asks Jack.