Question

Which analysis of the beginning of The Importance of Being Earnest is the most accurate?

Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde

The Persons in the Play
John Worthing, J.P.
Algernon Moncrieff
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Merriman, Butler
Lane, Manservant
Lady Bracknell
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
Cecily Cardew
Miss Prism, Governess

First Act
SCENE
Morning-room in Algernon’s flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room.

[Lane is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, Algernon enters.]

Algernon. Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?

Lane. I didn’t think it polite to listen, sir.

Answer 1

The correct answer for this question is this one: "C. The title is helpful in establishing the play as a comedy of manners because it makes use of witty wordplay."


There exists the same question from other source with the following choices:
A. The setting at the opening of the play makes a comment on the benefits of being married.
B. The names of the characters in the play help Wilde illustrate the differences between social classes.
C. The title is helpful in establishing the play as a comedy of manners because it makes use of witty wordplay.
D. The first line of dialogue in the play helps Wilde emphasize a contrast between city and country life