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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Goring describe his proposal to Mabel?
(a) A job he had to do.
(b) The best moment of his life.
(c) A terrible mistake.
(d) A flash of genius.

2. When does Act 2 take place?
(a) At Christmas time.
(b) Mid morning on the day after the Chiltern's party.
(c) Three months after the Chiltern's party
(d) The evening after the Chiltern's party.

3. What does Goring say only dull people ever get into?
(a) The upper crust.
(b) Caversham's circle of friends.
(c) University.
(d) The House of Commons.

4. When does Act 4 take place?
(a) The morning after Act 3.
(b) Immediately after Mrs. Cheveley leaves Goring's.
(c) The evening of Mrs. Cheveley's visit to Goring's.
(d) Two weeks later.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Cheveley say will have the loathsome joy of dragging Sir Robert down in the mud and mire?

2. Who takes charge of the item Mabel finds in the couch?

3. Where does Lady Chiltern say she and Mrs. Cheveley have met before?

4. At the end of Act 2, what does Mrs. Cheveley tell Lady Chiltern about Sir Robert?

5. Who does Caversham say has no common sense at all?

(see the answer key)

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