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Aside from his relation to Lady Bracknell and Algernon, what does Jack learn in the play’s final act?
Which two characters’ unexpected visits to Jack prompt the end of his fictional brother/alter ego?
What inspires Gwendolen’s confidence in Jack, leading her to accept his marriage proposal?
What do Jack’s best friend, Algernon Montcrieff, and love interest, Gwendolen Fairfax, not know about him?
In which two locales does the protagonist lead his dual lives as Jack and Ernest Worthing?
Who publicly accused Wilde of being homosexual?
What was the term for the new type of character that Wilde introduced to the Victorian melodrama?
Some critics identify Wilde as the first person to become famous for _.
What was the name of the movement that embraced the principle of art for the sake of beauty and beauty alone?
When was Oscar Wilde born?
What information emerges from the revelation that Jack is Lady Bracknell’s nephew?
What does Jack wrongly conclude upon realizing that he was the misplaced baby?
Who does the baby turn out to have been?
What did Miss Prism confuse the baby with, causing her to place the baby in a handbag?
What does Lady Bracknell accuse Miss Prism of having stolen twenty‑eight years ago?
The mention of _’s name stops Lady Bracknell from leaving the Manor House with Gwendolen.
What must Lady Bracknell consent to for Jack to consent to Cecily and Algernon’s marriage?
Whose sudden arrival at the Manor House casts the engagement of Cecily and Algernon into doubt?
What arrangement have Algernon and Jack both made, winning them the complete forgiveness of Cecily and Gwendolen?
What are Cecily and Gwendolen eager to do after leaving Algernon and Jack in the garden?
What do Cecily and Gwendolen do upon learning from Jack that “Ernest” is a fiction?
How does Cecily first identify herself to Gwendolen at the Manor House?
What about the name “Ernest” attracts Cecily to Algernon, just as it attracts Gwendolen to Jack?
What response does Cecily give Algernon when he proposes marriage?
What prevents Jack from revealing Algernon’s assumed identity to Cecily?
What arrangement does Jack make with Dr. Chasuble after announcing Ernest’s death?
Upon his return to Hertfordshire, whose death does Jack announce to Miss Prism and Dr. Chasuble?
Who does Algernon pretend to be when he visits Cecily at Hertfordshire?
Miss Prism goes on a walk with _, leaving Cecily alone.
What does Cecily tell her governess, Miss Prism, that she wishes Jack would allow?
What privileged piece of information does Algernon take from a conversation between Jack and Gwendolen?
What does Jack tell Algernon he plans to do with Ernest by the end of the week?
Who does Gwendolen tell Jack she would not consider marrying?
Where does Algernon take Lady Bracknell in order to give Jack opportunity to propose to Gwendolen?
Algernon reprimands his butler, Lane, for not making _ for Lady Bracknell.
What does Algernon call the practice of keeping an imaginary friend/relation?
What does Algernon say that Jack will need to clear up before getting his consent to marry Gwendolen?
What does Ernest/Jack tell Algernon he intends to do during his visit to London?
Whose arrival does Algernon’s butler, Lane, announce in the play’s opening scene?
Why does Cecily put sugar in Gwendolen’s tea?
Why does Gwendolen tell Cecily that cake and sugar are no longer fashionable?
Why does Gwendolen never travel without her diary?
Why has Cecily broken off her engagement to Algernon?
Where has Cecily recorded her engagement to Jack’s brother Ernest?
Why is Cecily nervous about meeting Jack’s brother Ernest?
Where is Jack’s house in the country?
What is the name of Algernon’s imaginary friend?
Why hasn’t Jack told Gwendolen that he has an excessively pretty young ward?
What does Jack call Lady Bracknell behind her back?
Who does Algernon think ought to set an example for the upper classes?