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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Goring say Mrs. Cheveley knows nothing about love?
(a) She's too mean.
(b) She is far too clever.
(c) She is only in love with herself.
(d) She's never been in love.

3. What kind of woman does Goring say he'd like to marry?
(a) A woman with intelligence.
(b) A woman with a good sense of humor.
(c) The prettiest fool in England.
(d) A successful woman.

4. Who does Goring say Mrs. Cheveley stole the brooch from?
(a) Lady Chiltern.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Himself.
(d) Lady Berkshire.

5. Why does Sir Robert say spies are of no use nowadays?
(a) The newspapers do their work instead.
(b) No one has any secrets.
(c) They cost too much.
(d) They are too lazy to work.

6. According to Mrs. Cheveley, to whom does a woman owe her first duty in life?
(a) Her dressmaker.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her husband.

7. What does Goring want Lady Chiltern to do after he reads her letter?
(a) Confront Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Leave her husband.
(c) Stand by her husband.
(d) Ask her husband to tell her the whole story.

8. What does Sir Robert tell Lady Chiltern was her mistake after she learns his secret?
(a) To think he was without faults.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To expect him to remain a politician.
(d) To love him.

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

10. What reason does Mrs. Cheveley give for her passion for listening through keyholes?
(a) She makes her living by blackmailing others based on what she hears.
(b) The best secrets occur behind closed doors.
(c) You can hear wonderful things through them.
(d) She once heard Goring confess his love for her through a keyhole.

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

12. What does Sir Robert compare himself to in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) A lovelorn teenager.
(b) A compass without a needle.
(c) The tip of a pen.
(d) A ship without a rudder.

13. Who says Lord Goring isn't good enough for Mabel?
(a) Caversham.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Lord Goring.
(d) Sir Robert.

14. In Act 3, Part 2, when does Mrs. Cheveley say she wants Goring to promise to marry her?
(a) By week's end.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Tomorrow.
(d) After Sir Robert's ruin.

15. Why does Lord Goring prefer pluck over genius?
(a) It's not as common as genius is.
(b) People with pluck are more successful.
(c) He's a plucky person.
(d) Geniuses are boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Cheveley say talks more and says less than anybody she's ever met?

2. When Sir Robert leaves Goring's, whom does Goring think Sir Robert was talking about?

3. At the end of Act 3, what does Mrs. Cheveley promise Goring?

4. What does Goring say is always unscrupulous?

5. Why does Goring say he didn't propose to Mabel sooner?

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