Plot Questions
Jack pretends to be this person in the city.
Who is Ernest?
Who is Lady Bracknell?
This era of British history is named after what historical figure?
Who is Queen Victoria, Queen of England 1837-1910
Which Satirical Choice is most present in the following quote?
"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
What is hyperbole? (an exaggerated lack of morality)
This is Jack's reason for Ernest supposedly dying
What is a severe chill?
Algernon discovered Jack's alter ego by finding this.
What is a cigarette case
Algernon's fake invalid friend who dies by explosion
Who is Bunbury?
In Victorian England, the social practice of making formal visits required visitors to leave this item with a butler before entering the home.
What are calling cards?
Which Satirical Choice is most present in the following quote?
Gwen: “In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.”
What is inversion? (inversion of typical expectations of sincerity)
Cecily is studying this language at the beginning of Act II
What is German?
What is killing off Ernest?
Jack's ACTUAL brother
Algernon / Algy :)
Name something that women were not allowed to do in public in Victorian England
AMV -- laugh, run, jump, propose to a man.
Which Satirical Choice is most present in the following quote?
"Yes, but why does your aunt call you her uncle?"
What is socratic irony? (pretending to not know to make someone else look dumb)
What is Canon?
Jack was misplaced with a novel and accidentally placed into this accesseory
Who said this quote: "My ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest"
Who are Gwen / Cecily?
Describe the Victorian's relationship towards money and class. What did money represent/what did it provide to one's life?
Answers may vary -- Wealth = Morality and hard work. Wealth provided social status along with modern comforts. The freedom to live a double life is granted by not needing a job. etc.
Which Satirical Choice is most present in the following quote?
"In England, our education produces no effect whatsoever"
What is invective? (direct criticism)
A cow has this many stomachs
What is four?
Lady Bracknell does not approve of Jack's proposal to Gwen because of this reason
What is because he is an orphan
Who said: "When one is placed in the position of guardian, one has to adopt a very high moral tone on all subjects"
Who is Jack/John/Ernest
The Importance of Being Earnest satirizes the difference between these 2 aspects of one's life
What are private life and public/social life.
Which Satirical Choice is most present in the following quote?
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his."
Sarcasm
The author of The Importance of Being Earnest
Who is Oscar Wilde?