A comedy of manners is a type of dramatic comedy that the rules and behaviors of a society.

Gwendolen. Let us preserve a dignified silence.Cecily. Certainly. It's the only thing to do now. [Enter Jack followed by Algernon. They whistle some dreadful popular air from a British Opera.]Gwendolen. This dignified silence seems to produce an unpleasant effect.Cecily. A most distasteful one.Gwendolen. But we will not be the first to speak.Cecily. Certainly not.Gwendolen. Mr. Worthing, I have something very particular to ask you. Much depends on your reply.Wilde uses the exchange between Gwendolen and Cecily to praise the strict social codes of Victorian society.show the superiority of women in Victorian society.mock the formal courtship rules of Victorian society.explain the importance of romance in Victorian society.

Cecily. [Coming over very slowly.] But I don't like German. It isn't at all a becoming language. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain after my German lesson.Miss Prism. Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself in every way. He laid particular stress on your German, as he was leaving for town yesterday. Indeed, he always lays stress on your German when he is leaving for town.Cecily. Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! Sometimes he is so serious that I think he cannot be quite well.From the passage, the reader can conclude that Cecilyplans on traveling abroad.wishes she were smarter.values looks over knowledge.wants to be more responsible.

Lady Bracknell. Ah! A life crowded with incident, I see; though perhaps somewhat too exciting for a young girl. I am not myself in favour of premature experiences. [Rises, looks at her watch.] Gwendolen! the time approaches for our departure. We have not a moment to lose. As a matter of form, Mr. Worthing, I had better ask you if Miss Cardew has any little fortune?Jack. Oh! about a hundred and thirty thousand pounds in the Funds. That is all. Goodbye, Lady Bracknell. So pleased to have seen you.Lady Bracknell. [Sitting down again.] A moment, Mr. Worthing. A hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her.This excerpt most clearly conveys Lady Bracknell's belief that makes someone more desirable.

Lady Bracknell. . . . [Turns to Jack.] Apprised, sir, of my daughter's sudden flight by her trusty maid, whose confidence I purchased by means of a small coin, I followed her at once by a luggage train. Her unhappy father is, I am glad to say, under the impression that she is attending a more than usually lengthy lecture by the University Extension Scheme on the Influence of a permanent income on Thought. I do not propose to undeceive him. Indeed I have never undeceived him on any question. I would consider it wrong. But of course, you will clearly understand that all communication between yourself and my daughter must cease immediately from this moment.How does Wilde poke fun at Victorian society in the passage? Check all that apply.Lady Bracknell says her maid is trustworthy but has to bribe her to get help.The names of the college and class seem reasonable to Gwendolen's father.Gwendolen's father appears to be an unhappy man.Lady Bracknell says it is wrong to be honest with her husband.Lady Bracknell does not approve of Gwendolen dating Jack.