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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Cheveley tell Sir Robert she did not receive prizes for?
(a) Good conduct.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Good grades.
(d) Sociability.

3. Who takes charge of the item Mabel finds in the couch?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Mrs. Chiltern.
(c) Goring.
(d) Sir Robert.

4. Which character says she's a little too old now to trouble about setting a good example?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Lady Chiltern.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Lady Markby.

5. What does Sir Robert say he had the double misfortune of being born?
(a) Ugly and poor.
(b) Well born and poor.
(c) Rich and stupid.
(d) Into a royal family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does Sir Robert reveal he received from Baron Arnheim?

3. What does Lady Chiltern demand that Sir Robert do immediately, in Act 1, Part 3?

4. According to Lady Markby, what about Sir John has become unbearable?

5. How old was Sir Robert when he wrote the letter to Baron Arnheim?

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