The Importance of Being Earnest Quiz

An ____ is a brief, memorable, and often surprising and satirical statement

• epigram

• aside

• monologue

• parody

When was the play written?

• 1994

• 1498

• 1894

• 1774

Who wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"?

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Oscar Wilde

• Kazuo Ishiguro

• Algernon Moncrieff

Jack's aunt

• Cecily Cardew

• Kara Hymel

• Gwendolen Fairfax

• Lady Bracknell

Jack's father's name is

• Ernest
• Hank

• Algernon

• Lane

How does Jack learn his real name?

• Asking Lady Bracknell

• Algernon remembers it

• Researching Army records

• Miss Prism reluctantly reveals it

Jack is __'s brother

• Gwendolen

• Cecily

• Algernon

• Merriman

Jack thinks _ is his mother at first.

• Miss Prism
• Lady Bracknell

• Ophelia

• Blythe Brown

How does Miss Prism identify the bag?

• The bag had the Moncrieff family crest on it

• Pages from her novel are in it

• She recognized Jack's baby blanket in the bag

• Her initials are on it

When she hears of Miss Prism, Lady Bracknell

• runs away

• cries

• demands to see her

• laughs