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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why can't Goring stay longer at the Chiltern's in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) He promised to stop by the Harlocks'.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He has to work the next day.
(d) He's bored.

3. Why does Goring say people are pleased to find out about other people's secrets?
(a) It gives them something to talk about.
(b) They like juicy gossip.
(c) It makes them feel better.
(d) It distracts public attention from their own.

4. According to Lady Chiltern in Act 1, Part 3, what is Sir Robert not a man to do?
(a) Continue in public life.
(b) Lie to his wife.
(c) Do anything dishonorable.
(d) Ruin a lady's reputation.

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

6. According to Mrs. Cheveley, what was considered excessively vulgar and middle class in the old days?
(a) To marry for money.
(b) To pretend to be a bit better than one's neighbors.
(c) To attend social gatherings.
(d) To marry for love.

7. Fill in the blank. Goring says, "Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, ________."
(a) Humans would be terribly boring.
(b) Life wouldn't be worth living.
(c) Life would be much easier.
(d) I'd be dead by now.

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

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

10. 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 wait until they are older to marry.
(d) For people to marry as often as they can.

11. According to Mabel, what is London society comprised of?
(a) Boring socialites.
(b) Beautiful geniuses.
(c) Brilliant idiots and beautiful lunatics.
(d) Beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics.

12. What does Sir Robert say are the only two fashionable religions?
(a) Money and Power.
(b) Optimism and Pessimism.
(c) Catholic and Lutheran.
(d) Politics and Society.

13. According to Lady Chiltern, what is the only way that people should be judged?
(a) By their economic status.
(b) By their social connections.
(c) By their intellect.
(d) By their past.

14. How does Sir Robert reply to Lady Chiltern in Act 1, Part 3 when she asks about his change of view on the report from the Commission regarding the Argentine Canal scheme?
(a) He believes the Commission was misinformed.
(b) He simply changed his mind.
(c) He has received proof that the Commission is wrong.
(d) He is angry and refuses to answer her.

15. In Act 2, Part 1, what event does Goring tell Sir Robert he'll be attending that evening?
(a) A political rally.
(b) A poker game.
(c) The Bachelor's Ball.
(d) The Queen's Ball.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what reason does Mrs. Cheveley say she returned to London in Act 1, Part 1?

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

4. In Act 1, Part 2, who says, "I like tedious, practical subjects. What I don't like are tedious, practical people"?

5. What does Sir Robert say this century worships?

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