In paragraph 9, what the phrase "drew him on by artful questions" means is that he questioned him to try to gain privileged information.
He had to find out some information that was very important to him, so he started questioning him furtively so as to get to the bottom of things.
The meaning of Gwendolen's words is that she is against the traditional idea that women are the ones who should stay at home to be in charge of the domestic duties. She shows that women might have a position of power and that men can stay at home.
The literary technique used is Paradox because Gwendolen proposes a reversal of the traditional and well-known ideas.
The answer is: The flowers in the garden bloom beautifully.
The verb <em>to be</em> can be conjugated as <em>am, is, are, was, were </em>or <em>been, </em>and it signifies to exist, occur o take place. In that respect, the chosen sentence does not possess the verb <em>to be</em> - it actually contains the verb <em>bloom</em>, which means to produce flowers.
The rest of the sentences are incorrect because all of them include conjugations of the verb to be, such as <em>is </em>and <em>was</em>.
Yes, it was a dramatic story telling written by Shakespeare, throughout the story you find parts which you could count as parts of a musical
