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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 1, Part 1, how is Goring described?
(a) As a flawless dandy.
(b) As an exceptional politician.
(c) As a dull aristocrat.
(d) As a clever, serious man.

2. At the Chiltern's dinner party, what does Mrs. Cheveley say cannot explain women?
(a) Men.
(b) Religion.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Other women.

3. Who says, "As a rule, everybody turns out to be somebody else"?
(a) Lady Markby.
(b) Goring.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Lady Chiltern.

4. At the dinner party in Act 1, Part 1, what does Lady Basildon think of the man who talks about his wife during dinner?
(a) He is very loving.
(b) He is rude.
(c) He is very kind.
(d) He is terribly trivial.

5. In Act 1, Part 1, why does Lord Caversham call Goring a good-for-nothing?
(a) Goring has a dull job.
(b) Goring is a thief.
(c) Caversham hates Goring.
(d) Goring leads an idle life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Mrs. Cheveley give Sir Robert for not giving him time to consider her offer?

2. Why does Mrs. Cheveley say science cannot grapple with the problem of women?

3. Why does Goring say he loves to talk about nothing?

4. During the Chiltern's dinner party, where does Mrs. Cheveley say she will be the next night at half past eleven?

5. In what season does Mrs. Cheveley say people are either hunting for husbands or hiding from them?

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