ENG2B - Unit 1_L8 - Unit Test

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"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."
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c. gwendolen
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"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."
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d. jack
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"I don't like women who are interested in philanthropic work. I think is so forward of them."
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b. cecily
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"I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them."
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a. algernon
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"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."
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e. lady bracknell
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"You should get married. A misanthrope I can understand--A womanthrope, never!"
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f. miss prism
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In The Importance of Being Earnest, what leads Algernon to suspect that Ernest/Jack is a Bunburyist?
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He sees an inscription on a cigarette case.
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In The Importance of Being Earnest, why does Gwendolen always travel with her diary?
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She believes people should always have something sensational to read on the train.
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In The Importance of Being Earnest, how does Jack finally discover his father's, and his, name?
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He finds it in the Army Lists.
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In The Importance of Being Earnest, how does Algernon find out where Jack's house in the country is located?
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He eavesdrops on Jack.
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In The Importance of Being Earnest, what is Bunburying?
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Making up a fake story to escape escape responsibilities.
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Which of the following is the best synonym for charming?
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debonair
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Utilitarian is to frivolous as metaphysical is to_______.
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earthly
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If someone is bewildered, he is
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confused.
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If a task is arduous, it is
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difficult to achieve.
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His___________was remarkable--I couldn't believe how calm he remained through the whole ordeal with the police.
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equanimity
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Which of the following is the best synonym for indecorous?
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undignified
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For what type of irony is the opposite of what is intended said?
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verbal irony
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For what type of irony does the audience know something the character does not?
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dramatic irony
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