Part 1: A Comedy of Manners: The Importance of Being Earnest
Question 9 of 10 • AA Spring 26 British Literature
Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest.[Algernon.] [Jack puts out his hand to take a sandwich. Algernon at once interferes.] Please don’t touch the cucumber sandwiches. They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta. [Takes one and eats it.]Jack. Well, you have been eating them all the time.Algernon. That is quite a different matter. She is my aunt. [Takes plate from below.] Have some bread and butter. The bread and butter is for Gwendolen. Gwendolen is devoted to bread and butter.
Answer
A
Jack attempts to take a sandwich.
B
Jack makes Algernon angry by eating bread and butter.
C
Algernon scolds Jack for eating sandwiches while eating them himself, satisfying his own needs.
D
Algernon offers Jack Gwendolen’s bread and butter because he knows that Jack loves Gwendolen.