ENG2B – Unit 1_L8 – Unit Test – Flashcards

"From the moment I saw you I distrusted you. I felt that you were false and deceitful. I am never deceived in such matters. My first impressions of people are invariably right."

"How can you site there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I can't make out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless."

"I don't like women who are interested in philanthropic work. I think is so forward of them."

"I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them."

"To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable."

"You should get married. A misanthrope I can understand--A womanthrope, never!"

In The Importance of Being Earnest, what leads Algernon to suspect that Ernest/Jack is a Bunburyist?

In The Importance of Being Earnest, why does Gwendolen always travel with her diary?

In The Importance of Being Earnest, how does Jack finally discover his father's, and his, name?

In The Importance of Being Earnest, how does Algernon find out where Jack's house in the country is located?

In The Importance of Being Earnest, what is Bunburying?

Which of the following is the best synonym for charming?

Utilitarian is to frivolous as metaphysical is to_______.

If someone is bewildered, he is

If a task is arduous, it is

His___________was remarkable--I couldn't believe how calm he remained through the whole ordeal with the police.

Which of the following is the best synonym for indecorous?

For what type of irony is the opposite of what is intended said?

For what type of irony does the audience know something the character does not?

ESSAY QUESTIONS