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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Mrs. Cheveley say she returned to London in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) To visit relatives.
(b) To see Lady Chiltern.
(c) To meet Sir Robert.
(d) To find a husband.

2. According to Lady Markby, what is fashionable in marriage nowadays?
(a) For people to wait until they are older to marry.
(b) For people to stay together for a long time.
(c) For people to marry as often as they can.
(d) For people never to marry.

3. What does Sir Robert say are the only two fashionable religions?
(a) Optimism and Pessimism.
(b) Money and Power.
(c) Catholic and Lutheran.
(d) Politics and Society.

4. Fill in the blank. Lady Chiltern says, "We women worship when we love; and when we lose our worship, we lose ________."
(a) Our minds.
(b) Pride.
(c) Everything
(d) Love.

5. Why does Mrs. Cheveley say science cannot grapple with the problem of women?
(a) Only God can explain women.
(b) Women are too complicated.
(c) Science can never grapple with the irrational.
(d) Science is a man's field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who puts the lights out at the end of Act 1?

2. According to Mrs. Marchmont, who throws tedious parties?

3. Who says, "As a rule, everybody turns out to be somebody else"?

4. What request does Mrs. Cheveley make of Sir Robert concerning the report he is to give to the House of Commons?

5. According to Lady Chiltern, what is the only way that people should be judged?

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