Why does Gwendolen like the name Ernest?
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A) She likes the way the name sounds.
B) She had a childhood friend by that name.
C) She likes that the name Ernest means "truth."
D) Ernest is the name of her favorite uncle
If you’re talking about “The Importance of being Ernest,” it would be C. Her and Cecily are both under the delusion that anyone boy with the name Ernest will be honest as the name seems to suggest.