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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lady Chiltern want to do about the theft of her letter to Goring?
(a) Intercept it before it gets to Sir Robert.
(b) Tell Sir Robert everything.
(c) Forget about it.
(d) Have Mrs. Cheveley's house ransacked for the letter.

3. After Sir Robert leaves Lady Chiltern and Lord Goring in Act 2, what subject does Lady Chiltern want to discuss with Goring?
(a) Sir Robert.
(b) Mrs. Cheveley.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Caversham.

4. What does Mrs. Cheveley say modern women don't understand?
(a) Good manners.
(b) The value of education.
(c) Their husbands.
(d) Money.

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

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

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

8. What does Goring say makes marriage such a hopeless, one-sided institution?
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Love.
(c) The moral sense of women.
(d) Truth.

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

10. Why does Mrs. Cheveley come to visit Goring at his home?
(a) To beg his forgiveness.
(b) To offer conditions for the return of Sir Robert's letter.
(c) To profess her undying love.
(d) To sell him Sir Robert's letter for a sum of 10,000 pounds.

11. What does Lady Markby say is the greatest blow to a happy married life since Higher Education of Women was invented?
(a) Politics.
(b) London society parties.
(c) The House of Commons.
(d) Mrs. Cheveley.

12. Why does Goring say he didn't propose to Mabel sooner?
(a) He wasn't ready.
(b) He never got the chance.
(c) He didn't realize he is in love with her.
(d) He was afraid of being refused.

13. To whom does Goring say "Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear"?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Mrs. Cheveley.
(c) Phipps.
(d) Sir Robert.

14. Who proposes to Mabel before Goring does so in Act 4?
(a) Caversham.
(b) Lord Devonshire.
(c) Tommy Trafford.
(d) Mason.

15. At the end of Act 2, what does Mrs. Cheveley tell Lady Chiltern about Sir Robert?
(a) He plans to divorce Lady Chiltern.
(b) He made a pass at Lady Markby.
(c) He was once a poor man.
(d) He sold a stockbroker a cabinet secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Lady Markby and Mrs. Cheveley say they've come to call on Mrs. Chiltern in Act 2, Part 2?

2. Why doesn't Mabel like geniuses?

3. Why doesn't Goring like the name Laura?

4. According to Mrs. Cheveley, to whom does a woman owe her first duty in life?

5. What does Sir Robert say his sources found out about Mrs. Cheveley?

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