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The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
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What are Cecily and Gwendolen eager to do after leaving Algernon and Jack in the garden?
Discuss the deceptions
Exact revenge
Call off their engagements
Forgive the men
2
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What arrangement have Algernon and Jack both made, winning them the complete forgiveness of Cecily and Gwendolen?
To rechristen themselves as Ernest
A joint wedding
A joint honeymoon
To end the engagements
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Whose sudden arrival at the Manor House casts the engagement of Cecily and Algernon into doubt?
Dr. Chasuble
Miss Prism
Lady Bracknell
Bunbury
4
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What must Lady Bracknell consent to for Jack to consent to Cecily and Algernon's marriage?
Remaining absent
Jack presiding
A ceremony in Hertfordshire
Jack's marriage with Gwendolen
5
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The mention of ___'s name stops Lady Bracknell from leaving the Manor House with Gwendolen.
Bunbury
Miss Prism
Dr. Chasuble
Ernest Worthing
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