The importance of being earnest

Why does Lane think it isn’t polite to listen to Algernon’s piano playing ?

• Because Lane is only a servant

• Because Lane is tone deaf

• Because Algernon plays so badly

• Because Algernon is shy about his playing

What does Algernon tell Jack he has always suspected him of being ?

• A Communist

• A Bunburyist

• A Liberal Unionist

• A Tory

What leads Algernon to think Jack is leading a double life?

• A letter

• An inscription

• A diary

• A handkerchief embroidered with strawberries

What does Jack say it is a very ungentlemanly thing to read?

• Gwendolen's diary

• French drama

• A private cigarette case

• More than half of Modern Literature

At first, Jack tells Algernon that Cecily is his what?

• Sister

• Aunt

• Hair colorist

• Former governess

What does Algernon mean when he says that Lady Bracknell rings the doorbell in a “Wagnerian manner”?

• That she is humming “The Ride of the Valkyrie”

• That she is dressed up like one of the Valkyrie

• That she rings insistently, leaving her finger on the bell for a long time

• That she has a tendency to burst into song

Why does Lane claim that there were “no cucumbers at the market”? (two answers)

• Because he thinks Algernon should go on a high-protein diet.

• Because Algernon has eaten all the cucumber sandwiches himself.

• Because he wants to get Algernon off the hook.

• So that Lady Bracknell doesn't eat them all.

What does Gwendolen say they live in?

• a pigsty

• a house in Shropshire

• an age of ideals

• an age of surfaces

What does Gwendolen say the name Ernest produces? (two anwers)

• Vibrations

• Suspicions

• Absolute confidence

• truth and love

What is Lady Bracknell’s reaction when Jack admits to her that he smokes?

• Shock

• Disgust

• Approval

• A coughing fit