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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. Who puts the lights out at the end of Act 1?
(a) Lady Chiltern.
(b) Goring.
(c) Sir Robert.
(d) Mason.

2. According to Goring, what can't women discover?
(a) What men do when women aren't present.
(b) The truth about marriage.
(c) The truth about men.
(d) The obvious.

3. What request does Mrs. Cheveley make of Sir Robert concerning the report he is to give to the House of Commons?
(a) She asks him to wait one more day.
(b) She asks if she can attend with him.
(c) She asks him to go ahead with it.
(d) She asks him to withdraw it.

4. After Mrs. Cheveley leaves the party at the Chiltern's, what does Mabel tell Goring they cannot talk about?
(a) Politics, money, and Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Marriage.
(c) The Royal Academy, Mrs. Cheveley, and novels in Scotch dialect.
(d) Her dinner date with Tommy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Cheveley, what was considered excessively vulgar and middle class in the old days?

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

3. What does Mrs. Cheveley consider fame on the continent for Sir Robert in Act 1, Part 1?

4. Who says, "I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it."

5. What does Mabel find in the sofa, hidden by a cushion?

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