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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Caversham agree when she says one can never believe a word Goring says?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Lady Markby.
(c) Lady Chiltern.
(d) Mabel.

2. In Act 3, Part 1, what does Sir Robert say is the greatest thing in the world?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Money.

3. Why does Mabel want Lady Chiltern to talk to Tommy Trafford?
(a) He's very unhappy.
(b) He keeps proposing to Mabel.
(c) He's making poor decisions.
(d) She wants him to propose to her.

4. How does Goring reply when Caversham asks why he doesn't try to do something useful in life?
(a) Usefulness is dull.
(b) He's already doing something useful.
(c) He just doesn't want to.
(d) He says he's too young.

5. What does Lord Goring say he knows by observation and not by experience?
(a) A good marriage.
(b) A practical life.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

6. How does Goring suggest to Lady Chiltern that she handle the theft of her letter to Goring?
(a) Tell him she didn't write it.
(b) Tell Sir Robert everything.
(c) Steal the letter back.
(d) Forget about it.

7. Who says, "When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love her"?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Goring.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Lady Chiltern.

8. What does Goring say is always unscrupulous?
(a) Politics.
(b) The government.
(c) Women.
(d) Ambition.

9. What is Tommy Trafford's occupation?
(a) He is Sir Robert's secretary.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He doesn't have a job.
(d) He's a student.

10. How does Mrs. Cheveley say she got the brooch in Act 3, Part 2 when she is talking to Goring?
(a) She found it.
(b) She stole it.
(c) She bought it.
(d) It was a present.

11. How does Goring claim to have gotten the brooch while talking to Mrs. Cheveley?
(a) It was a gift.
(b) He found it.
(c) He bought it at a pawn shop.
(d) He stole it.

12. What happens to alert Sir Robert to the presence of someone in the next room when he is at Goring's?
(a) He hears a door close.
(b) Someone coughs.
(c) He hears laughing.
(d) A chair falls over.

13. Who does Mabel say is the most ornamental person in London?
(a) Herself.
(b) Goring.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Lady Chiltern.

14. What does Mrs. Cheveley say one should never give a woman?
(a) Anything she cannot wear in the evening.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Too much credit.
(d) Your heart.

15. What good news does Goring deliver to Lady Chiltern in Act 4, Part 1?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley confessed she never had a letter.
(b) Sir Robert denounced the Argentine Canal scheme.
(c) He burned Sir Robert's letter.
(d) Mrs. Cheveley has left town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Chiltern want to do about the theft of her letter to Goring?

2. Who does Goring say Mrs. Cheveley stole the brooch from?

3. Who does Goring say is the only person now in danger in Act 4, Part 1?

4. What does Mrs. Cheveley find at Goring's while she is waiting for him?

5. What does Goring say makes marriage such a hopeless, one-sided institution?

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