FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Finish the Quote: Wilde Style Trivia Quiz

Complete the quote from Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.

A multiple-choice quiz by bijolie. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bijolie

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
108,788

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1108

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. JACK: Oh, that is all right. Cecily is not a silly, romantic girl, I am glad to say. She has got a capital appetite, goes for long walks, and__________. Hint

is in the prime of health

pays no attention at all to her lessons

is excessively pretty, she is only just eighteen

has no interest in Ernest

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. CECILY: What an impetuous boy he is. I like his ________ so much. I must enter his proposal in my diary.

Answer: (One Word)

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. GWENDOLEN: Let us preserve a ____________ silence. Hint

proper

dignified

customary

much needed

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. ALGERNON: I am greatly distressed, Aunt Augusta, about there being no cucumbers, not even for____________.

Answer: (Two Words)

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. GWENDOLEN: I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely___________. Hint

dissimilar

estranged

spread

different

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. CECILY: Yes, to______________, I mean to Gwendolen.

Answer: (Three Words)

7. LADY BRACKNELL: I would strongly advise you, Mr. Worthing, to try and acquire some relations as soon as possible and make a definite effort to produce at any rate one parent, of either sex, before the__________ is quite over. Hint

season

year

day

month

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. MISS PRISM: Mr. Worthing! I am ___________.

Answer: (One Word)

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. JACK: Miss Cardews' family solicitors are Messrs. Markby, Markby, and_________. Hint

Katz

Monrieff

Fairfax

Markby

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. LADY BRACKNELL: My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of__________.

Answer: (One Word)

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. JACK: Oh, that is all right. Cecily is not a silly, romantic girl, I am glad to say. She has got a capital appetite, goes for long walks, and__________.

Answer: pays no attention at all to her lessons

Jack says this to Algernon after he decides that his 'brother' Ernest will "be carried off suddenly in Paris, by a severe chill". To this, Algy asks whether Cecily will "feel his loss a good dead".

2. CECILY: What an impetuous boy he is. I like his ________ so much. I must enter his proposal in my diary.

Answer: hair

Cecily says this about Algernon after he goes to see Dr. Chasuble on "important business" (christening).

3. GWENDOLEN: Let us preserve a ____________ silence.

Answer: dignified

Gwendolen says this to Cecily when Jack and Algy are approaching them after the muffin episode. Of course, as she often does, Gwendolen contadicts herself and is the first to speak to the men.

4. ALGERNON: I am greatly distressed, Aunt Augusta, about there being no cucumbers, not even for____________.

Answer: ready money

Algy says this after Lane reports that "There were no cucumbers in the market this morning". Of course, there were cucumbers, but Algernon ate them all before Lady Bracknell arrived.

5. GWENDOLEN: I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely___________.

Answer: different

Gwendolen says this to Cecily after Cecily states that "this is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade." At this time, both girls are engaged to Ernest Worthing. Gwendolen has "the prior claim", but since Mr. Worthing proposed to her he "clearly has changed his mind."

6. CECILY: Yes, to______________, I mean to Gwendolen.

Answer: good heavens Gwendolen

This is Cecily's response to Algy when, after being asked if he was engaged to Gwendolen, he replied "Good Heavens! Gwendolen!".

Answer: season

After Jack asks what he can do in order to gain Gwendolen's hand in marriage, this is Lady Bracknell's response. Jack replies that he "can produce the hand-bag at any moment" but it is impossible to produce a parent. After hearing this, Lady Bracknell says that she will not allow Gwendolen to "marry into a cloak-room and form an alliance with a parcel".

8. MISS PRISM: Mr. Worthing! I am ___________.

Answer: unmarried

Jack thinks that Miss Prism is his mother and she 'recoils in indignant astonishment'.

9. JACK: Miss Cardews' family solicitors are Messrs. Markby, Markby, and_________.

Answer: Markby

Jack tells this to Lady Bracknell and she replies that "one of the Mr. Markbys is occasionally to be seen at dinner parties." Therefore, she is satisfied that Cecily's fortune is not fraud.

10. LADY BRACKNELL: My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of__________.

Answer: triviality

This is the second to last line in the play, the last being:
"JACK: On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest."

Source: Author bijolie

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor bullymom before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.