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The Importance of Being Earnest - Act 1

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  • What excuse does Algernon use to avoid dinner?
    Bunbury is ill.
  • What do Lady Bracknell’s questions show?
    Class obsession.
  • Who is Algernon expecting when the play opens?
    Lady Bracknell.
  • Who is Cecily?
    Jack’s ward.
  • Why does Lady Bracknell reject Jack?
    No family background.
  • What theme is shown through this idea of double lives?
    Deception.
  • What is the name of Algernon’s imaginary friend?
    Bunbury
  • What does Gwendolen’s love for “Ernest” mock?
    Superficial romance.
  • How does food function in Act 1?
    Comic device.
  • Who found Jack in a black hand-bag in the cloakroom at Victoria Station?
    Thomas Cardew, Cecily's grandfather
  • How does Algernon find Jack’s address?
    From the cigarette case.
  • What is Jack’s real name in the country?
    Jack.
  • What does Wilde critique in marriage?
    Its emptiness, its transactional nature.
  • Why does Lady Bracknell care about family?
    For status.
  • What does Gwendolen say about the name Ernest?
    She loves it.
  • What does Algernon do with the cucumber sandwiches?
    Eats them all.
  • How does Jack react to the handbag story?
    Embarrassed.
  • What do the characters value most?
    Appearances.
  • Algernon is suspicious of Jack’s personal life because he finds a _________
    CIGARETTE CASE WITH AN INSCRIPTION TO JACK FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
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