Answer:
Gwendolen portrays Victorian qualities of being superficial. Gwendolen's lines imply that her brother is flirtatious.
Explanation:
Oscar Wild’s one of the most famous play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is all about how wealth and status overweight love, and how too much importance is placed on materialistic things.
The excerpt provided is a conversation between Jack and Gwendolen. Here Gwendolen acts as superficial by being interested only in Gwendolen looks. On the other hand, whatever Gwendolen states about her brother Gerald, implies that he is flirtatious who go on flirting with every other girl. Gwendolen know this because his brother even flirts with her girl-friends.
Answer: E. They are a conservative and pious community.
Explanation:
The opening description of the men whom were in “sad-colored garments”, “steeple-crowned hats” and “bareheaded” or hooded women simply shows that the characters were in a conservative and pious community.
The introduction to the Puritan society coupled with the "sad-colored garments" and steeple-crowned hats” shows that the community was dour, and judgmental and the community had people who were traditional, conservative and deeply religious.
Therefore, the correct option is E.
