I have to answer these questions for English: 1. At the beginning of the play, who is Algernon expecting a visit from, and how does he prepare for the visit?

2. What reason does Jack give for why he has come to Algernon’s flat for tea?

3. Why does Algernon believe marriage proposals are unromantic?

4. Why does Algernon think Jack and Gwendolen will not marry?

5. What is the inscription on the cigarette case?

6. Why does Algernon believe that the cigarette case does not belong to Jack?

7. What is a “Bunburyist,” and how was that label created?

8. Who is Cecily Cardew, and how is she connected to Jack?

9. Why did Jack create Ernest, his alter ego?

10. Why does Gwendolen say she was “far from indifferent” to Jack before she met him?

11. Why, specifically, does Gwendolen like the name Ernest?

12. Why is Gwendolen critical of Jack’s marriage proposal?

13. How do Lady Bracknell’s views on marriage differ from Gwendolen’s?

14. When Lady Bracknell interviews Jack as a potential fiancé for her daughter, what additional information is learned about his character?

15. How did Jack come to live with Mr. Thomas Cardew and his family?

16. How does Lady Bracknell respond to Jack’s story of his adoption?

17. How does Jack plan to get rid of his fictitious brother Ernest?

18. When Gwendolen returns to Algernon’s flat, what does she say regarding Jack’s conversation with Lady Bracknell?

19. How does Algernon acquire Jack’s country address?

20. At the end of Act I, where does Algernon say he is going?