Act III The Importance of Being Earnest

What are Cecily and Gwendolyn eager to do after leaving Algernon and Jack in the garden?

• discuss the deceptions

• forgive the men

• call off their engagements

• exact revenge

What arrangement have Algernon and Jack both made, winning them the complete forgiveness of Gwendolyn and Cecily?

• a double wedding

• end the engagements

• a joint honeymoon

• to rechristen themselves as Ernest

Whose sudden arrival at the Manor House casts the engagement of Cecily and Algernon into doubt?

• Bunbury

• Dr. Chasuble

• Lady Bracknell

• Miss Prism

What must Lady Bracknell consent to in order for Algernon and Cecily to marry?

• a ceremony in London

• Jack marrying them

• Jack's marriage to Gwendolyn

• staying away

The mention of ____________'s name stops Lady Bracknell from leaving he manor house with Gwendolyn.

• Miss Prism

• Ernest Worthing

• Dr. Chasuble

• Bunbury

What does Jack learn after he finds out he is Lady Bracknell's nephew?

• His real name is Ernest

• He's Algernon's brother

• He is Gwendolyn's cousin

• all are correct

Aside from his relation to Lady Bracknell and Algernon, what does Jack learn in the play's final act?

• Prism is his mother

• Gwendolyn is his sister

• He is Cecily's father

• His true name is John Ernest

What social group does Oscar Wilde satirize though the figure of Lady Bracknell?

• the working class

• the clergy

• the aristocracy

• the middle class

How does Algernon act to Lady Bracknell's questions about Bunbury?

• He tells Lady B that he has no idea where Bunbury went

• He tells Lady B that Bunbury died the very day

• He tells Lady B that Bunbury went to Italy

• He tells the truth.

Lady Bracknell decides Algernon should marry Cecily when

• Jack tells her that Cecily was also left in a handbag

• Jack tells her Cecily had measles

• Jack tells her Cecily's parents' names

• Jack tells her Cecily has a small fortune in land and money