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Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and complete the sentences that follow.

ALGERNON: Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that?

LANE: I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person.

ALGERNON (Languidly.): I don’t know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane.

LANE: No, sir; it is not a very interesting subject. I never think of it myself.

ALGERNON: Very natural, I am sure. That will do, Lane, thank you.

LANE: Thank you, sir. (Lane goes out.)

ALGERNON: Lane’s views on marriage seem somewhat lax. Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.

Algernon believes that the lower classes should 1.__________the upper classes, yet he labels them as lacking 2.____________.

For number 1 choices
a. learn from
b. educated like
c. set an example for
d. respect

For number 2 choices
a. moral responsibility
b. basic lifestyle rules
c. understanding of morality
d. concern for their employers

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1) Algernon believes that the lower classes should C) set an example for the upper classes. He indicates this when he says "Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?".

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yet he labels them as lacking A) moral responsibility. He expresses this opinion when he laments that Lane's views on marriage seem somewhat lax, or too casual. He goes on to say directly that the lower classes have no sense of moral responsibility. 

From Being Earnest, Algernon believes that the lower classes should C. set an example for the upper classes. He indicates this when he says "Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?".

Importance of Being Earnest.

In the story, Algernon believes that the lower classes should C. set an example for the upper classes.

In this case, he labels them as lacking as he expresses this opinion when he laments that Lane's views on marriage seem somewhat lax, or too casual.

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