The play First Act Why does Algernon refuse to give Jack’s cigarette case back? (at least reasons) Why is it important for the plot? Why is Jack’s proposal to Gwendolen scene quite unconventional? (≠ question 4.) What are Gwendolen’s reasons to love Jack? Explain precisely how Jack got lost when he was a child Why doesn’t Lady Bracknell want Jack to marry Gwendolen? Why you think does Algernon write down Jack’s address in the country? Write down two examples of Wilde’s wit (humour / trait d’esprit) in the text Second Act Where does the second Act take place? Who does Algernon pretend to be? Explain Cecily’s lines : “I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time.” and what other meaning these lines have for Algernon and the audience What are Cecily’s reasons to love Algernon? What does Jack or want to to be able to marry Gwendolen? (2 answers) Explain the quiproquo as regards Algernon Why does Jack say “I haven’t got a brother” and how does Cecily understand it? Find another quiproquo on the same subject Explain it briefly Write down two examples that show Cecily’s childlike behaviour? Explain how Jack and Algernon’s double identities have been revealed? Third Act How Cecily and Gwendolen react when they learn they have been deceived? What make them forgive Jack and Algernon? What is weird? What are Cecily’s qualities in the eyes of Lady Bracknell? Why is Jack opposed to Algernon and Cecily’s marriage? What is the proof that Jack is the baby Miss Prism lost 28 years ago? Answer Jack’s question to Lady Bracknell “who am I?” Explain Jack’s final statement: “now I’ve realized … the vital Importance of being Earnest.” Questions for 3D Imagine Jack discovered his father’s name and thus his real name wasn’t Ernest in the end How would the play end ? Don’t forget to write about Jack and Gwendolen’s relationship Or Now that Algernon and Jack are brothers and that Jack’s name is Ernest Algernon cannot possibly be christened Ernest Imagine a dialogue between Algernon and Cecily that would take part at the end of the play Other characters can also take part in this dialogue Or Write a summary of Act in approximatively 300 /400 words Why is the title of the play Earnest and not Ernest ?