Question

1. During the Victorian era, drinking water in London was
contaminated.
filtered.
scarce.

2. What is an antonym for earnest?
frivolous
serious
sincere

3. What does Algernon find indecent about Mary Farquhar?
She flirts openly with Jack.
She flirts with her own husband at dinner.
She refuses to talk to Algernon.

4. Why are there no cucumber sandwiches for Lady Bracknell?
Algernon ate them all.
Algernon forgot to tell Lane to make them.
Lane could not find any cucumbers at the market, even for “ready money.”

Answer 1

1. contaminated

2. frivolous

3.

Answer 2

dme

Answer 3

1) Filtered.

2) Frivolous.

3) She flirts with her own husband at dinner.

4) Algernon ate them all.

Answer 4

1. During the Victorian era, drinking water in London was
contaminated.

2. What is an antonym for earnest?
frivolous

3. What does Algernon find indecent about Mary Farquhar?
She flirts with her own husband at dinner.

4. Why are there no cucumber sandwiches for Lady Bracknell?
Lane could not find any cucumbers at the market, even for “ready money.”

Answer 5

1.contaminated
2.frivolous
3.She flirts openly with Jack

Answer 6

scarce.

serious

She flirts with her own husband at dinner.

Lane could not find any cucumbers at the market, even for “ready money.”

Answer 7

1) contaminated.
2) sincere
3) She flirts with her own husband at dinner.
4) Algernon ate them all.