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Read the excerpt from Act III of The Importance of Being Earnest.Jack. [In a pathetic voice.] Miss Prism, more is restored to you than this hand-bag. I was the baby you placed in it.Miss Prism. [Amazed.] You?Jack. [Embracing her.] Yes . . . mother!Miss Prism. [Recoiling in indignant astonishment.] Mr. Worthing! I am unmarried!

A
the importance of social rules
B
the importance of wealth
C
the importance of social ranking
D
the importance of equality
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Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.Jack. . . . Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a little boy, made me in his will guardian to his grand-daughter, Miss Cecily Cardew. Cecily, who addresses me as her uncle from motives of respect that you could not possibly appreciate, lives at my place in the country under the charge of her admirable governess, Miss Prism.Algernon. Where is that place in the country, by the way?Jack. That is nothing to you, dear boy. You are not going to be invited . . .

A
protectiveness
B
mischievousness
C
jealousy
D
compassion
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anxious charactersdescriptive detailsfactual informationwitty language

A
anxious characters
B
descriptive details
C
factual information
D
witty language
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Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.Cecily. [Coming over very slowly.] But I don’t like German. It isn’t at all a becoming language. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain after my German lesson.Miss Prism. Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself in every way. He laid particular stress on your German, as he was leaving for town yesterday. Indeed, he always lays stress on your German when he is leaving for town.Cecily. Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! Sometimes he is so serious that I think he cannot be quite well.

A
plans on traveling abroad.
B
wishes she were smarter.
C
values looks over knowledge.
D
wants to be more responsible.
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Read the passage from an essay on The Importance of Being Earnest.Chasuble. . . . Your brother was, I believe, unmarried, was he not?Jack. Oh yes.Miss Prism. [Bitterly.] People who live entirely for pleasure usually are.

A
Wilde uses realism to instruct the audience so they approve of the marriage.
B
Wilde uses sarcasm to shame the audience into embracing the social code.
C
Wilde uses humor to entertain the audience while he comments on marriage.
D
Wilde uses criticism to instruct the audience about the importance of morality.
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How does Wilde poke fun at Victorian society in the passage? Select three answers.

A
Lady Bracknell says her maid is trustworthy but has to bribe her to get help.
B
The names of the college and class seem reasonable to Gwendolen’s father.
C
Gwendolen’s father appears to be an unhappy man.
D
Lady Bracknell says it is wrong to be honest with her husband.
E
Lady Bracknell does not approve of Gwendolen dating Jack.
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Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.Lady Bracknell. . . . I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a Terminus.

A
“my part would not be out of place.”
B
“larger railway stations in London.”
C
“I merely desire information.”
D
“whose origin was a Terminus.”
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deviceepigramjokepun

A
device
B
epigram
C
joke
D
pun
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Read the beginning of The Importance of Being Earnest.Title: The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeThe Persons in the PlayJohn Worthing, J.P.Algernon MoncrieffRev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.Merriman, ButlerLane, ManservantLady BracknellHon. Gwendolen FairfaxCecily CardewMiss Prism, GovernessFirst ActSCENEMorning-room in Algernon’s flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room.[Lane is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, Algernon enters.]Algernon. Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?Lane. I didn’t think it polite to listen, sir.

A
The setting at the opening of the play makes a comment on the benefits of being married.
B
The names of the characters in the play help Wilde illustrate the differences between social classes.
C
The title is helpful in establishing the play as a comedy of manners because it makes use of witty wordplay.
D
The first line of dialogue in the play helps Wilde emphasize a contrast between city and country life.
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Miss Prism. . . . The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.How does the epigram affect this scene?

A
It suggests the serious idea that tidy endings are uncommon in real life.
B
It explains the humorous idea that bad endings are usually happy.
C
It introduces the pessimistic idea that happy endings only happen in stories.
D
It reveals the optimistic idea that most endings are a good thing.
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Read the statement from a paper on The Importance of Being Earnest.The Importance of Being Earnest contains the features of a comedy of manners.

A
Merriman. Mr. Ernest Worthing has just driven over from the station.
B
Algernon. It is much pleasanter being here with you.
C
Miss Prism. No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.
D
Chasuble. Mr. Worthing, I offer you my sincere condolence.
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Which line from The Importance of Being Earnest is an example of a commentary on marriage?

A
“I don’t play accurately—any one can play accurately—but I play with wonderful expression.”
B
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I’ll certainly try to forget the fact.”
C
“The bread and butter is for Gwendolen. Gwendolen is devoted to bread and butter.”
D
“It is a very ungentlemanly thing to read a private cigarette case.”
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Which pronouns act as the object in a sentence? Check all that apply.hermehetheyus

A
her
B
me
C
he
D
they
E
us
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Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest.Algernon. Well, we might trot round to the Empire at ten?Jack. Oh, no! I can’t bear looking at things. It is so silly.Algernon. Well, what shall we do?Jack. Nothing!Algernon. It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don’t mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind.

A
It causes the reader to think about the multiple meanings of the word bear in the play.
B
It causes the reader to think about how doing nothing should be easy, but in fact can be quite hard.
C
It causes the reader to realize that doing nothing is never hard work and that Algernon is wrong.
D
It causes the reader to realize that Jack thinks doing something is always better than doing nothing.
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Read the sentence.The band members came to the hospital to visit a sick fan.

A
himself
B
itself
C
theirselves
D
themselves
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Read the sentence.By sharing the work between us, Misaki and me created a dragon so unique that it was immediately recognizable as ours.

A
by changing us to we
B
by changing me to I
C
by changing it to they
D
by changing ours to our
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Which line from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest is an epigram?

A
“There is no good offering a large reward now that the thing is found.”
B
“. . . you have no right whatsoever to read what is written inside.”
C
“More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn’t read.”
D
“Well, if you want to know, Cecily happens to be my aunt.”
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Which of these are features of a comedy of manners? Select four answers. witty wordplayscientific explanationsconcern with appearancesdifferences between social classesdifferences between country and city life

A
witty wordplay
B
scientific explanations
C
concern with appearances
D
differences between social classes
E
differences between country and city life
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The tone of Oscar Wilde’s critique in The Importance of Being Earnest is

A
aggressive.
B
serious.
C
humorous.
D
angry.
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Read the sentence.They asked about the bike, and I told them it was mine.

A
They
B
I
C
it
D
mine

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