The Importance of Being Earnest Characters Quiz
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde · 5 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 4 min
Test your knowledge of The Importance of Being Earnest with 5 characters questions with answers and explanations — motives, relationships and how characters change. Ideal for revision once you have read the whole play.
Motives, relationships and how characters change. Drawn from the whole play — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Character · Difficulty: Standard
The Importance of Being Earnest Characters questions
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- What is 'Bunburying', according to Algernon?
Visiting the country every weekend · Inventing an invalid friend to escape duties · Eating every sandwich in the house · Proposing to two women at once
- How does Jack arrive at his house in this act?
In deep mourning, announcing Ernest's death · Disguised as his own brother · With Lady Bracknell's blessing · Bringing Gwendolen as his bride
- How does Jack force Lady Bracknell to allow his marriage to Gwendolen?
He threatens to tell all of her secrets · He offers her a share of his own money · He elopes with Gwendolen to Paris · He blocks Cecily's match until she gives way
- Which character speaks for high-society authority throughout the play?
Miss Prism · Canon Chasuble · Lady Bracknell · Lane
- What is Algernon's attitude to marriage at the start of the play?
He longs to marry and settle down · He is secretly married already · He has never thought about it · He mocks it as unromantic and dull
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Keyed to the standard three-act version of the play, not the earlier four-act draft.
Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.
Frequently asked questions
Is this The Importance of Being Earnest Characters quiz free?
Yes. All 5 questions are free with answers and explanations. Play online with instant feedback, or print it as a test with an answer key — no sign-up needed.
What does the The Importance of Being Earnest Characters quiz cover?
5 characters questions drawn from every part of The Importance of Being Earnest. Motives, relationships and how characters change. It tests character at standard level.
Does it contain spoilers?
Yes — it draws on the whole play, including the ending.
Can I use it with a class?
Yes. Print it with the answer key for a reading check, homework or revision lesson, or share the link so students can take it online.
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