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What is Behind the Curtain?

What is Behind the Curtain?. A Review Game for The Importance of Being Earnest. Team 1. Team 1 :. Team 2 :. Why does Lane think it is impolite to listen to Algernon’s piano playing?. Because he plays so badly. Team 2. Team 1 :. Team 2 :.

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What is Behind the Curtain?

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  1. What is Behind the Curtain? A Review Game for The Importance of Being Earnest

  2. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Lane think it is impolite to listen to Algernon’s piano playing? Because he plays so badly

  3. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Algernon tells Jack that he has always suspected him of being what? A Tory

  4. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : What leads Algernon to suspect that Jack is hiding something (leading a double life)? An inscription

  5. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Jack tell Algernon that it is “ungentlemanly” to read what? A private cigarette case

  6. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : At first, Jack tells Algernon that Cecily is his what? His Aunt

  7. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What does Algernon mean when he says that Lady Bracknell rings the doorbell in a “Wagnerian manner”? She rings insistently, leaving her finger on the bell for a long time

  8. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Lane claim that there were “no cucumbers at the market”? Algernon has eaten all of the cucumber sandwiches

  9. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Gwendolen states that they (the characters) live in a age of what? Ideals

  10. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Gwendolen says that the name Ernest produces what feeling? Absolute Confidence

  11. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What is Lady Bracknell’s reaction when Jack admits to her that he smokes? Approval

  12. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Where did old Mr. Thomas Cardew find Jack as a baby? In a cloakroom at a railway station

  13. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What is Lady Bracknell’s objection to Jack as a prospective suitor to Gwendolen? His origins

  14. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : What song does Algernon begin playing offstage at the conclusion of Jack’s interview with Lady Bracknell? “The Wedding March”

  15. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What is Gwendolen’s response to the story of Jack’s origins? She thinks it is romantic

  16. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Who does Algernon think ought to set an example for the upper classes? The lower classes

  17. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What does Jack call Lady Bracknell behind her back? A Gorgon

  18. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why hasn’t Jack told Gwendolen about his ward? She might be jealous

  19. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What is the name of Algernon’s imaginary friend? Bunbury

  20. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Where is Jack’s house in the country? Hertfordshire

  21. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why is Cecily nervous about meeting Jack’s brother Ernest? She’s afraid he’ll look just like everyone else

  22. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Where has Cecily recorded her imaginary engagement to Jack’s brother Ernest? Her diary

  23. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Gwendolen never travel without her diary? To have something sensational to read on the train

  24. Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Gwendolen tell Cecily that cake and sugar are no longer fashionable? To insult Cecily

  25. Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Cecily put sugar in Gwendolen’s tea? To insult Gwendolen

  26. That’s all folks!

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