Read this excerpt from the importance of being earnest by oscar wilde and complete the sentences that follow. jack: gwendolen, will you marry me? (goes on his knees.) gwendolen: of course i will, darling. how long you have been about it! i am afraid you have had very little experience in how to propose. jack: my own one, i have never loved any one in the world but you. gwendolen: yes, but men often propose for practice. i know my brother gerald does. all my girl-friends tell me so. what wonderfully blue eyes you have, ernest! they are quite, quite, blue. i hope you will always look at me just like that, especially when there are other people present. gwendolen portrays victorian qualities of being . gwendolen's lines imply that her brother is blank 1: a. serious b. sophisticated c. enthusiastic d. superficial e. excited blank 2: a. poetic b. flirtatious c. snobby d. unattractive e. old-fashioned

1.D. superficial

2.B.Flirtatious

Explanation:

1- Gwendolen is concerned with appearances since she would like Jack to look at her lovingly whenever they are in front of people. Jack has just told her he loves her, but she gets interested in his blue eyes and the fact that he looks at her in public.

2-Her brother proposes just for the sake of doing do. He has done so with many girls, These girls have told Gwedolen about this man's attitude. He loves noone but likes proposing any woman.

the answer is c or the third one.

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."