Part 2: Literary Devices in The Importance of Being Earnest Answers

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Which statement best expresses how the two passages are similar?

In both passages, the characters express concern about the future.

In both passages, men discuss the socially acceptable way to talk to women.

In both passages, couples discuss what they would do in an emergency.

In both passages, characters make generalizations that insult women’s intelligence.

Read the passages. Which statement accurately compares the two plays?

In both plays, characters marry people they do not love.

Both plays explore the difficulties of caring for older parents.

In both plays, money plays an important role in the arrangement of marriages.

Both plays include characters who lose their wealth very suddenly.

Read the passages. Which statement accurately compares the two plays?

In both plays, women’s families have no influence over the women’s lives.

In both plays, women are forced to marry people they do not love.

In both plays, women leave unhappy marriages.

In both plays, women are often prohibited from acting independently.

Which statement best expresses how the two passages are different?

In Wilde’s play, Algernon has control over Cecily; in Ibsen’s play, Nora has control over her husband.

In Wilde’s play, Algernon calls Cecily a child as a term of endearment; in Ibsen’s play, Helmer compares Nora to a child to insult her.

In Wilde’s play, Algernon insults Cecily and treats her like a child; in Ibsen’s play, Helmer respects and trusts Nora.

In Wilde’s play, the characters constantly criticize one another; in Ibsen’s play, Nora and her husband admire each other.

Read the passages. Which statement accurately contrasts the two plays?

At the end of Ibsen’s play, a couple separates; at the end of Wilde’s play, characters become couples.

At the end of Ibsen’s play, a husband leaves a wife; at the end of Wilde’s play, a wife leaves a husband.

At the end of Ibsen’s play, the characters stay together; at the end of Wilde’s play, a couple decides not to marry.

At the end of Ibsen’s play, Nora is under her husband’s control; at the end of Wilde’s play, the women are independent.

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