There is a great deal of "earnestness" going on so far in the play.
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true

false

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question 210 pts
who is algernon's friend bunbury?
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a business associate

a childhood best friend

an imaginary friend

a neighbor

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question 310 pts
how do algernon's and jack's views on marriage differ?
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algernon wants to get married; jack does not

jack wants to get married; algernon does not

both want to get married

neither wants to get married

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question 410 pts
there were no cucumber sandwiches left for lady bracknell, even though they were "ordered specially" for her (4). what excuse does algernon prompt lane to give about why there are no sandwiches?
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lane says that algernon ate them all

lane says that jack ate them all

lane says that lady bracknell doesn't like cucumber sandwiches after all

lane says that there were no cucumbers available in the market

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question 510 pts
what reason does lady bracknell give for not consenting to the marriage of jack and gwendolen?
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jack is an orphan

jack smokes

jack confesses to knowing nothing

jack's belgrave square house is on the unfashionable side

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question 610 pts
according to the "act 1 words to know" link, and in the context of the play, what is an invalid?
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ernest is an invalid

an invalid is something that is not valid

an invalid is someone who is sick or unwell

jack is an invalid

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question 710 pts
according to the "act 1 words to know" link, and in the context of the play, what is a "ward? "
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a wing of a hospital

a young person in the care of a guardian

a supervisor of a prison

a house for impoverished lower class people

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question 810 pts
[lane presents several letters on a salver to algernon. it is to be surmised that they are bills, as algernon, after looking at the envelopes, tears them up.]

what literary device is this an example of?

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stage directions

irony

hyperbole

satire

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question 910 pts
jack: of course it's mine. [moving to him.] you have seen me with it a hundred times, and you have no right whatsoever to read what is written inside. it is a very ungentlemanly thing to read a private cigarette case.

what literary device is this an example of?

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stage directions

irony

hyperbole

satire

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question 1010 pts
the following occurs in act 1 where lady bracknell is essentially making fun of england's educational system:

lady bracknell: i do not approve of anything that tampers with natural whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. fortunately in england, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.

what literary device is this an example of?

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stage directions

irony

hyperbole

satire