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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lady Chiltern demand that Sir Robert do immediately, in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Tell Goring to leave the party.
(b) Retire from public life.
(c) Write a letter to Mrs. Cheveley saying he will not support the Argentine Canal scheme.
(d) Throw Mrs. Cheveley out of their house.

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

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

4. Why doesn't Mabel like geniuses?
(a) She can't talk to them.
(b) She doesn't like people who are smarter than her.
(c) She thinks they are quite impossible.
(d) She says they are pretentious.

5. What does Mrs. Cheveley reveal to Goring as she leaves his house?
(a) She has Lady Chiltern's letter to Goring.
(b) She is still married to Baron Arnheim.
(c) She still has Sir Robert's letter.
(d) She never loved him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Chiltern say gives one an instinct to things?

2. Fill in the blank. Lady Chiltern says, "We women worship when we love; and when we lose our worship, we lose ________."

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

4. Why does Lady Chiltern say she'll always love Sir Robert in Act 1, Part 3?

5. In Act 3, Part 2, when does Mrs. Cheveley say she wants Goring to promise to marry her?

(see the answer key)

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