Jack Quotes

Question 1

'’Who are the people you……. Act 1
‘‘Oh…
‘‘Got
‘‘Perfectly….’’

Answer 1

A1 -
Algernon - ‘‘Who are the people you amuse?’’

Jack - ‘‘Oh, neighbours, neighbours.’’

Algernon- ‘‘Got nice neighbours…?’’

Jack -‘‘Perfectly horrid’’

Question 2

Act 1

'’What on earth do you mean…’’’

Answer 2

'’What on earth do you mean by a Bunburyist?’’

Question 3

Stage direction Act 1 -
[Jack looks at her….]

Answer 3

[Jack looks at her in her amazement] Act 1

Question 4

'’I must get christened at once - I mean we must…’’

Answer 4

'’I must get christened at once - I mean we must get married at once’’

Question 5

'’What a….’’

Answer 5

'’What a Gorgon’’

Question 6

'’She is a monster, without a myth, which is…’’

Answer 6

'’She is a monster, without a myth, which is rather unfair’’

Question 7

'’I’ll bet you anything… that half an hour….they will be calling

Answer 7

'’I’ll bet you anything ….that half an hour after they have met, they will be calling each other sister’’

Question 8

'’My own….’’ ‘‘My own….’’

Answer 8

'’My own darling’’ ‘‘My own one!’’

Question 9

Prescribed directions: Act 2
‘‘[Enter JACK slowly from the back of the garden. He is dressed….’’

Answer 9

’‘[Enter JACK slowly from the back of the garden. He is dressed in the deepest mourning …] Act 2

Question 10

Act 2 -
[Shakes Miss Prisms hand in….

Answer 10

’‘[Shakes Miss Prisms hand in a tragic manner]’’

Question 11

'’He died abroad; in….’’

Answer 11

Act 2 -
‘‘He died abroad; in Paris, in fact’’

Question 12

'’He seems to have expressed a desire….’’

Answer 12

'’He seems to have expressed a desire to be buried in Paris’’ Act 2

Question 13

'’I don’t see much fun in….it would be….’’

Answer 13

'’I don’t see much fun in being christened along with other babies. It would be childish’’

Question 14

'’What nonsense! I haven’t got a….’’
Act 2

Answer 14

'’What nonsense! I haven’t got a brother.’’

Question 15

'’I thinks it is perfectly….’’

Answer 15

'’I think it is perfectly absurd’’ (that your name isnt ernest)

Question 16

'’Your vanity is ridiculous, your conduct an…. and your presence in my… utterly…’’’

Answer 16

'’Your vanity is ridiculous. your conduct an outrage, and your presence in my garden utterly absurd’’ (need to contexualise’’)

Question 17

’‘[Clasps hands….]’’ A3

Answer 17

A3-
‘‘[Clasps hands with ALGERNON]’’

Question 18

Act 3:
JACK and Algernon ‘‘[Speaking together.] Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be…..’’

Answer 18

JACK and Algernon ‘‘[Speaking together.] Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be christened this afternoon’’

Question 19

Act 3 ‘‘I do not approve at all of his… i suspect him…’’

Answer 19

'’I do not approve at all of his moral character. I suspect him of being untruthful’’ A3(contextualise)

Question 20

Act 3:
‘‘He subsequently stayed for… and devoured every…. ‘’

Answer 20

“He subsequently stayed for tea, and devoured every single muffin” A3

Question 21

A3:
‘‘i have no… i never had a… and that i dont intend to have a… not even of….’’

Answer 21

“I have no brother, I have never had a brother , and that I don’t intend to have a brother, not even of any kind” A3

Question 22

'’The moment you…. to my marriage with…., i will most….. your nephew to form an alliance with…..’’ A3

Answer 22

“the moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen, I will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my ward” A3

Question 23

A3:
‘‘But after all, who has the…… to cast a….against one who has….’’

Answer 23

“But after all, who has the right to cast a stone against one who has suffered?” A3

Question 24

“Why should there be one law for…. and another for….?” A3

Answer 24

“Why should there be one law for men, and another for women?” A3

Question 25

'’I knew i had a …..! i always said i had….!…. Cecily- how could have every doubted that i had….’’

Answer 25

“Why should there be one law for men, and another for women?” A3

Question 26

’‘[Puts book very…. down and…. quite… calmly’’

Answer 26

“[Puts book very quietly down and speaks quite calmly.]” A3

Question 27

A3
‘‘I always… you my name was…. didnt i? Well it is…. after all’’’

Answer 27

“I always told you my name was Ernest, didn’t I? Well, it is Ernest after all” A3

Question 28

A3
‘‘It is a….. thing for a man to find out suddenly… that all his life has been speaking nothing but the…..’’’

Answer 28

“It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life has been speaking nothing but the truth” A3

Question 29

Last line of the play; A3
‘‘Ive now…. for the…. in my life the… importance of being Earnest’’’

Answer 29

“I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest” A3