The Importance of Being Earnest
Study Guide Questions & Answers
(update)
Act One - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅
Why does Jack Worthing call himself "Ernest" when he is
in "town" (London)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Jack
Worthing calls himself "Ernest" instead when he is in
London because his "brother" that he came up with is full
of mischief and misbehavior, so Jack is able to escape to
London and misbehave on account of his brother. This
itself creates a morality for Jack while in town as he
supposedly helps his brother out of his troubles. This is
ironic, and the life of Ernest was disapproved in Victorian
Society while what Jack appeared as was normal and
looked upon greatly. Jack strived for a "very high moral
tone"
Why has Algernon invented an invalid friend named
"Bunbury"? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Algernon
invented an invalid friend name "Bunbury" because it was
his way of coping and escaping with his social obligations
in reality
Jack has an insurmountable impediment to marrying
Gwendolen in his background: what, as Lady Bracknell
sees it, is this problem? How does she propose that he
resolve this problem? What is Wilde satirizing in this
, The Importance of Being Earnest
Study Guide Questions & Answers
(update)
situation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Lady Brackwell
sees that the problem between Jack and Gwendolen
marrying is the fact that he did not have a close family to
raise him. She feels if he establishes a family and creates
a relationship with them, he can resolve the problem. This
is satirizing the lack of mobility in the transition between
social classes in the Victorian Era
How does Wilde use the subject of cucumber sandwiches
to reveal the characters of Jack and Algy? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅Wilde uses the subject of cucumber
sandwiches to reveal the characters of Algy and Jack by
showing the selfish, witty character of Algy by him taking
some of the cucumbers because "he is her nephew", and
Jack contrastingly a respectable and kind young man
How does Wilde satirize the vacuous mentalities and
lifestyles of the British aristocracy in Lady Bracknell's
interview with Jack? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Wilde
satirizes the vacuous mentalities and lifestyles of the
British aristocracy in Lady Bracknell's interview with Jack
through her valuing of ignorance, as she puts it,
ignorance is a "delicate exotic fruit" (page 12)
Study Guide Questions & Answers
(update)
Act One - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅
Why does Jack Worthing call himself "Ernest" when he is
in "town" (London)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Jack
Worthing calls himself "Ernest" instead when he is in
London because his "brother" that he came up with is full
of mischief and misbehavior, so Jack is able to escape to
London and misbehave on account of his brother. This
itself creates a morality for Jack while in town as he
supposedly helps his brother out of his troubles. This is
ironic, and the life of Ernest was disapproved in Victorian
Society while what Jack appeared as was normal and
looked upon greatly. Jack strived for a "very high moral
tone"
Why has Algernon invented an invalid friend named
"Bunbury"? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Algernon
invented an invalid friend name "Bunbury" because it was
his way of coping and escaping with his social obligations
in reality
Jack has an insurmountable impediment to marrying
Gwendolen in his background: what, as Lady Bracknell
sees it, is this problem? How does she propose that he
resolve this problem? What is Wilde satirizing in this
, The Importance of Being Earnest
Study Guide Questions & Answers
(update)
situation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Lady Brackwell
sees that the problem between Jack and Gwendolen
marrying is the fact that he did not have a close family to
raise him. She feels if he establishes a family and creates
a relationship with them, he can resolve the problem. This
is satirizing the lack of mobility in the transition between
social classes in the Victorian Era
How does Wilde use the subject of cucumber sandwiches
to reveal the characters of Jack and Algy? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅Wilde uses the subject of cucumber
sandwiches to reveal the characters of Algy and Jack by
showing the selfish, witty character of Algy by him taking
some of the cucumbers because "he is her nephew", and
Jack contrastingly a respectable and kind young man
How does Wilde satirize the vacuous mentalities and
lifestyles of the British aristocracy in Lady Bracknell's
interview with Jack? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Wilde
satirizes the vacuous mentalities and lifestyles of the
British aristocracy in Lady Bracknell's interview with Jack
through her valuing of ignorance, as she puts it,
ignorance is a "delicate exotic fruit" (page 12)
