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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Robert offer Mrs. Cheveley in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A high position in London society.
(b) Any sum of money she wants.
(c) A good word to Goring.
(d) A brooch.

2. According to Mrs. Marchmont, who throws tedious parties?
(a) The Hartlocks.
(b) Sir Robert.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Lord Caversham.

3. What reason does Mrs. Cheveley give Sir Robert for not giving him time to consider her offer?
(a) She is impatient for his answer.
(b) She is leaving the country.
(c) The House of Commons won't wait for his speech.
(d) She has to telegraph Vienna that night.

4. What secret does Mrs. Cheveley know about Sir Robert?
(a) The real origin of his wealth.
(b) He had an affair.
(c) He has an illegitimate child.
(d) He was once poor.

5. What does Sir Robert say this century worships?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Power.
(c) An unfair God.
(d) Social standing.

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

7. During the Chiltern's dinner party, where does Mrs. Cheveley say she will be the next night at half past eleven?
(a) At Gorings.
(b) In the Ladies Gallery.
(c) At Baron Arnheim's house.
(d) At Sir Robert's door.

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

9. 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 him to go ahead with it.
(c) She asks him to withdraw it.
(d) She asks if she can attend with him.

10. What is Sir Robert's initial response to Mrs. Cheveley's request concerning his speech?
(a) He is very excited.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He asks her to come watch him speak.
(d) He refuses.

11. Who says, "This is a game of life as we all have to play it"?
(a) Sir Robert.
(b) Mrs. Cheveley.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Goring.

12. How long does Lady Chiltern say it's been since she and Vicomte De Nanjac last saw each other?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Three weeks.

13. What is the message in the letter that Mrs. Cheveley plans to blackmail Sir Robert with?
(a) It says to buy Suez Canal shares.
(b) It says Sir Robert cheated on his college exams.
(c) It says Sir Robert fixed his election.
(d) It says Sir Robert had an affair with Mrs. Cheveley.

14. In Act 1, Part 3, what does Goring call the item Mabel finds?
(a) A useless bit of fluff.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) Inconsequential.
(d) A pin.

15. 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. When does Act 2 take place?

2. Fill in the blank. Lady Chiltern says, "We women worship when we love; and when we lose our worship, we lose ________."

3. In Act 1, Part 3, what does Lady Chiltern tell Sir Robert he's always been?

4. Fill in the blank. Goring says, "Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, ________."

5. According to Lady Markby, what's better than light intellectual pressure?

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