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Question 1
Use context clues to determine the definition of the word “ward”.
Algernon: Have you told Gwendolyn yet that you have an excessively pretty ward who is only just eighteen?
a person, usually a minor, under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court. ✔
a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient.
an administrative division of a city or borough that typically elects and is represented by a councilor or councilors.
any of the internal ridges or bars in a lock which prevent the turning of any key which does not have grooves of corresponding form or size.
Question 2
Which TWO choices are reasons why both Jack and Algernon feel the need to invent Ernest and Bunbury in The Importance of Being Earnest?
The social expectations placed on members of the upper class in Victorian-era England were restrictive and intense. ✔
Both Jack and Algernon feel the need to create a reason to escape the constraints of their lives because of the taxing nature of social expectations. ✔
Lady Bracknell's husband has been searching for them and they required secret identities.
Cecily and Gwendolyn have made both gentlemen feel confined by their relationships.
Question 3
Based upon what you've read in Act I, how is the title of the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, a pun? Choose the BEST answer.
Jack goes by the name of Ernest, which is a lie (the opposite of earnest)
Algernon goes by the name of Ernest, which is a lie (the opposite of earnest)
Ernest is always truthful (earnest)
Ernest is a liar
Question 4
In The Importance of Being Earnest what is Wilde's central critique of Victorian society?
Wilde reveals the hypocrisy of conventional Victorian society.
Wilde ridicules traditional marriage conventions.
Wilde criticizes the break down of morality.
Wilde celebrates conventional social practices.
Question 5
In Act 1, Section 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest, how does the cigarette case establish important plot elements?
The inscription on the case, "From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack," leads to the disclosure of important background information, causing Jack to disclose that he is called Jack in the country and that Cecily is his ward.
The inscription on the case, "From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack," leads to the disclosure of important background information, causing Jack to disclose that he is having an affair.
The inscription on the case, "From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack," leads Gwendolyn to turn down Jack’s marriage proposal.
The inscription on the case, "From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack," leads to Lady Bracknell hiring a detective to look into Jack’s background.
Question 6
Oscar Wilde uses various settings in The Importance of Being Earnest to comment on the society of his time. Select all of the settings present in Wilde's drama.
London, England ✔
Victorian Era
Derby, England
Hertfordshire, England ✔
Question 7
ALGERNON Oh! there is no use speculating on that subject. Divorces are made in Heaven -
[JACK puts out his hand to take a sandwich. ALGERNON at once interferes.]
Please don't touch the cucumber sandwiches. They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta.
[Takes one and eats it].
JACK Well, you have been eating them all the time.
ALGERNON That is quite a different matter. She is my aunt.
How does Oscar Wilde use the subject of cucumber sandwiches in the passage above to reveal the characters of Algernon and Jack?
Jack is respectable and kind while Algernon is selfish and witty
Jack is rude and callous while Algernon is courteous and humble
Jack is witty and resentful while Algernon is dutiful and polite
Jack is generous and obedient while Algernon is considerate and tolerant
Question 8
In Act I, Gwendolen tells Jack, "I adore you. But you haven't proposed to me yet. Nothing has been said at all about marriage. The subject has not even been touched on."
Gwendolen's commentary on marriage is an example of which literary device?
Hyperbole
Satire
Irony
Metaphor
Question 9
What are the italicized lines an example of?
"My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces a false impression"
pun ✔
hyperbole
paradox
satire
Question 10
In Act I, Lady Bracknell claims, "Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone"
How is this an example of hyperbole?
To praise ignorance in this manner is a ridiculous exaggeration ✔
It is unreasonable to compare ignorance to a fruit
It is unrealistic to imply that simply touching a bloom will cause it to wither
Not all exotic fruit is delicate
