Braingle: '"The Importance of Being Earnest"--Play' Trivia Quiz

This play by Oscar Wilde is short and imaginative. Warning: not everything is the same as the movie!

Quiz ID:	#29086
Fun:	(2.18)
Difficulty:	(1.85)
Category:	Literature
Created By:	trewq

#1 As the play begins, what is Algernon doing?

He is running from the tax collectors.
He is eating cucumber sandwiches.
He is playing the piano.
The play opens with Mr. Worthing, not Algernon.
The play opens with Cecily, not Algernon.

#2 Why must there be cucumber sandwiches at this afternoon tea?

Lady Bracknell (Aunt Augusta) is particularly fond of them.
Mr. Worthing asked for them.
Algernon decided that the weather required them.
The butler, Lane, couldn't find anything else.
A ring is in one for when Mr. Worthing plans to propose to Gwendolen.

#3 Who proclaims that "Divorces are made in Heaven"?

#4 Who says, "Some aunts are tall, some aunts are not tall. That is a matter that surely an aunt may be allowed to decide for herself"?

#5 What is the name of Algernon's imaginary invalid friend in the country?

#6 Who says, "The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility"?

#7 What two things, according to Aunt Augusta, are not the same and rarely go together?

Living for pleasure, and living respectably
Reading for pleasure, and reading for knowledge
Having good manners, and having good intentions
Behaving well, and feeling well
Being smart, and being imprudent

#8 What convinced Gwendolen to accept Mr. Worthing's marriage proposal in Algernon's room?

Mr. Worthing was a good friend of Algernon.
Gwendolen wanted to escape Lady Bracknell by any means.
Lady Bracknell had told her to marry a man named Ernest.
Gwendolen thought his name was Ernest.
Gwendolen's father's name was Ernest.

#9 Mr. Worthing tells Lady Bracknell that he does not know his parents.

True
False

#10 When Mr. Worthing calls Lady Bracknell "a monster, without being a myth", Algernon is furious.

True
False

#11 Who comes to the Manor House in the country, pretending to be Mr. Worthing's deviant brother, Ernest?

#12 What does Cecily reply when the man she believes is Ernest, asks her to marry him?

"Yes! Although we shall have to keep it a secret from dear Uncle Jack."
"I am afraid, dear Ernest, that I can never marry a man named Ernest."
"What a sudden proposal! I shall need a week to think it through."
"You silly boy! Of course. Why, we have been engaged for the last three months."
"No, I am engaged to Jim, who works at the garage down the road."

#13 Both Algernon and Jack decide to ask Canon Chasuble for christenings to change their names to Ernest.

True
False

#14 Who comes to collect Gwendolen from the Manor House in the country?

#15 On what grounds does Jack Worthing, Cecily's guardian, refuse to allow Cecily and Algernon's engagement?

#16 What surprising fact does the reunion of Miss Prism and Lady Bracknell reveal?

Jack Worthing is Miss Prism's illegitimate son.
Algernon Moncrieff is Cecily's uncle.
Lady Bracknell knew Miss Prism's mother.
Miss Prism escaped from prison twenty-eight years ago.
Jack Worthing is Algernon Moncrieff's elder brother.

#17 Jack Worthing was christened after his father, whose name was General ____.

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"The Importance of Being Earnest"--Play

#1 As the play begins, what is Algernon doing?

#2 Why must there be cucumber sandwiches at this afternoon tea?

#3 Who proclaims that "Divorces are made in Heaven"?

#4 Who says, "Some aunts are tall, some aunts are not tall. That is a matter that surely an aunt may be allowed to decide for herself"?

#5 What is the name of Algernon's imaginary invalid friend in the country?

#6 Who says, "The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility"?

#7 What two things, according to Aunt Augusta, are not the same and rarely go together?

#8 What convinced Gwendolen to accept Mr. Worthing's marriage proposal in Algernon's room?

#9 Mr. Worthing tells Lady Bracknell that he does not know his parents.

#10 When Mr. Worthing calls Lady Bracknell "a monster, without being a myth", Algernon is furious.

#11 Who comes to the Manor House in the country, pretending to be Mr. Worthing's deviant brother, Ernest?

#12 What does Cecily reply when the man she believes is Ernest, asks her to marry him?

#13 Both Algernon and Jack decide to ask Canon Chasuble for christenings to change their names to Ernest.

#14 Who comes to collect Gwendolen from the Manor House in the country?

#15 On what grounds does Jack Worthing, Cecily's guardian, refuse to allow Cecily and Algernon's engagement?

#16 What surprising fact does the reunion of Miss Prism and Lady Bracknell reveal?

#17 Jack Worthing was christened after his father, whose name was General ____.

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