Names and Relations
Who is Jack Worthing's Ward?
Cecily Cardew
"When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring."
Making fun of the slow, boring life of the countryside / socialites of high society in the city who cannot merely accept a slow life in the country.
Algernon
Who is the Queen of England during this time?
Queen Victoria, duh.
Bonus 100 points: which royal line is she a part of?
Tudor
Hanover
Windsor
Where did Oscar Wilde live?
England
Who is the Governess living at Jack's Estate
Miss Prism
"That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that."
Making fun of Algernon's "foppness"/ or his rich and hedonistic lifestyle; therefore, the lifestyle of the privileged upper class who have nothing to do besides amusing themselves at others' expenses.
"A country house! How many bedrooms? Well, that point can be cleared up afterwards. You have a town house, I hope?"
Lady Bracknell (Aunt Augusta)
What was the ruling class during this period?
(Another word for "upper class)
Aristocracy
Gentry
Nobility
Peerage
Where did Oscar Wilde Study?
Trinity College/Oxford
What is the name of Jack's adoptive father and Cecily's real father?
Thomas Cardew
Lady Bracknell: "I am glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind."
"Oh! I don't think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about."
Cecily
What is the social expectation for upper class women?
Be pretty, desirable, and to marry who they are told!
What was the literary movement that Oscar Wilde supported?
Aestheticism
Who is the tenant of Jack's city home?
Lady Bloxham
"The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's own CLEAN linen in public."
Algernon is again being anti-romantic, making fun of those who are properly in love with their romantic partner.
"But surely, Mr. Worthing, you have been christened already?"
Dr. Chasuble
What is a Dandy (fop)?
An upper-class man who does not work and only cares about pleasure and his good-looks.
What is the name of Oscar Wilde's famous and only novel?
"The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Who is the woman that Algernon does not want to sit next to at Aunt Augusta's dinner party?
Mary Farquhar
"Never speak disrespectfully of society, Algernon. Only people who can't get into it do that. (To Cecily.) Dear child, of course you know that Algernon has nothing but his debts to depend upon. But I do not approve of mercenary marriages."
Making fun of high society/wealthy people for being hypocrites. Lady Bracknell would not be saying this if she was not already rich. Also, she ABSOLUTELY favors mercenary marriages!
Yes, sir.
Merriman
What is the name of the British government?
Parliament
Gross Indecency