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The Importance of Being Earnest

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Q:1)  Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is a  _______.

A:) Novel

B:) Short Story

C:) Play

D:) Poem

Correct: C


Q:2) Which of the following option is correct one accordance with the work ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

A:) It address the social issues of George III

B:) It modeled the Kings of England during 18th century

C:) It address the Victorian Social matters

D:) It talks about Augustus age

Correct: C


Q:3) How many acts are in the work ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

A:) 1

B:) 2

C:) 3

D:) 5

Correct: C


Q:4) Which of the following term is not applicable to ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

A:) Farce

B:) Slapstick

C:) Low Comedy

D:)  Glosa

Correct: D


Q:5) Choose the incorrect answer.  

A:) Oscar Wilde was an Irish Writer

B:) Wilde was born in Dublin

C:) Wilde expresses the idea of  Art for Art's Sake

D:) He died in 1895

Correct: D


Q:6) Which of the following work is a novel by Oscar Wilde?

A:) The Picture of Dorian Gray

B:) The Importance of Being Earnest

C:) A Woman of No Importance 

D:) An Ideal Husband

Correct: A


Q:7)  Where is Algernon’s flat, where the first act starts?

A:) Half-Moon Street

B:) Buckingham Street

C:) Earnest Street

D:) Victoprism Street

Correct: A


Q:8)  To whom did Algernon ask ‘did you hear what I was playing’

A:) John Worthing

B:) Lane

C:) Miss Prism

D:) Lady Bracknell

Correct: B


Q:9) Who said ‘I am in love with Gwendolen. I have come up to town expressly to propose her’

A:) Algernon

B:) Merriman

C:) Jack

D:) Chasuble

Correct: C


Q:10) Who said ‘Divorces are made in Heaven’

A:) Algernon

B:) Cecily Cardew

C:) Jack

D:) Gwendolen Fairfax

Correct: A


Q:11) Who is Algernon’s first cousin in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

A:) Lady Bracknell

B:) Gwendolen Fairfax

C:) Cecily Cardew

D:) Miss Prism

Correct: B


Q:12) Jack said, well my name is Ernest in ________ and Jack in ______.  

A:) country, town

B:) urban, town

C:) rural, rustic

D:) town, country

Correct: D


Q:13) Where does Cecily live? Choose the correct option.

A:) Tumbridge Wells

B:) Newham

C:) Redbridge

D:) Westminster

Correct: A


Q:14) Who adopted Jack when he was a little boy in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

A:) Gwendolen Fairfax

B:) Algernon Moncrieff

C:) Mr. Thomas Cardew

D:) Lane

Correct: C


Q:15) Who made Jack in his/her will guardian to his grand-daughter Miss Cecily?  

A:) Miss Prism

B:) Chasuble

C:) Merriman

D:) Mr. Thomas Cardew

Correct:  D


Q:16) Who lives at Jack’s place in the country under the charge of her admirable governess Miss Prism?  

A:) Lady Bracknell

B:) Miss Cecily

C:) Gwendolen Fairfax

D:) Algernon Moncrieff

Correct: B


Q:17) Which of the following word is coined by Oscar Wilde in in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

A:) Buna

B:) Bunce

C:) Bumsucker

D:) Bunbury

Correct: D


Q:18) Algernon said to Jack, “I was quite right in saying you were a _______”  

A:) Buna

B:) Bunce

C:) Bumsucker

D:) Bunbury

Correct: D


Q:19) Who is the antagonist of the play, blocking both potential marriages.    

A:) Lady Bracknell

B:) Gwendolen Fairfax

C:) Miss Prism

D:) Cecily Cardew

Correct: A 


Q:20)  Who obviously loves Chasuble, though the fact that he is a priest prohibits her from telling him so directly.

A:) Lady Bracknell

B:) Gwendolen Fairfax

C:) Miss Prism

D:) Cecily Cardew

Correct: C