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Who said this?
Victorian Era
Vocabulary
Satire
Plot
100

"I have now realized, for the first time in my life the vital importance of being Earnest"

Who is Jack
100
The queen of England during this time period.
Who is Queen Victoria?
100
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally separates the opposite; typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is Irony?
100

Algernon eats all of the cucumber sandwiches that Lane had prepared for Aunt Augusta and then states "I hate when people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them". What is Oscar Wild satirizing?

What is Algernon's behavior?
100

List these events in order

A. Jack proposes to Gwendolen

B. Algernon copies Jack's Address to meet Cecily

C. Algernon finds out Jacks' real name 

What is C, A, B?
200

"My first impressions are inevitably right"

Who is Gwendolen 
200
Victorian society was separated by this.
What is Social class?
200
The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and emphasize people's stupidity. 
What is Satire?
200
"I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forge the fact" 

What is marriage/love?

Oscar Wilde is being satirical about the relationships and the ideal of marriage as a whole, and the societal expectations that go along with it. 

200
Where Mr. Cardew find Jack as a baby
What is the cloakroom at a railway station?
300
Never speak disrespectfully of society Algernon, only people who can't get in do that"
Lady Bracknell
300
The middle class was becoming more ____ & ____
What is wealthy and educated 
300
A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horse play and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. 
What is farce?
300
"Men often propose for practice. I know my brother Gerald does. All my girl-friends told me so"

What is the act of proposing?

Oscar Wilde is satirizing the act of proposing and of how how impersonal proposals are becoming. 

300
Lady Bracknell's main objection for Gwendolen marrying Jack
What is his origins?
400
"My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the thing that one tells to a nice, sweet girl"
Jack
400

This Victorian author wrote Great Expectations.

Who is Charles Dickens?
400
The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform.
What is hypocrisy?
400
"'I love you, Cecily. You will marry me won't you?' ' You silly boy! Of course. Why, we have been engaged for the past three months'".

What is Cecily's made up engagement?

Cecily is much younger than Algernon and this is visible in her actions. She made up her engagement with Algernon (Ernest) and that is how she accepts his immediate engagement. 

400

The most prevalent theme in the Importance of being Earnest (Hint: it is also a vocab term).

What is the nature of marriage?
500
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"
Who is Algernon
500
The longest reigning monarch in English history.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
500
lack of seriousness or importance; insignificance 
What is triviality?
500
"Oh yes. Dr. Chasuble is a most learned man. He has never written a single book, so you can imagine how much he knows".

What is education and scholars?

Scholars are being made fun of because Cecily believes that you write down everything that happens to you. She says that Dr. Chasuble is so smart because he has held all of his knowledge within his head, instead of writing it down. 

500
Where Jack's home in the country is
What is Hertfordshire?