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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Act 2, what does Mrs. Cheveley tell Lady Chiltern about Sir Robert?
(a) He plans to divorce Lady Chiltern.
(b) He made a pass at Lady Markby.
(c) He sold a stockbroker a cabinet secret.
(d) He was once a poor man.

2. Why does Lady Markby want Sir John to be sent to the Upper House?
(a) She can't stand to be with him.
(b) It's more prestigious.
(c) He'll make more money.
(d) He won't take an interest in politics.

3. What happens to alert Sir Robert to the presence of someone in the next room when he is at Goring's?
(a) He hears laughing.
(b) Someone coughs.
(c) A chair falls over.
(d) He hears a door close.

4. Who says, "When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love her"?
(a) Lady Chiltern.
(b) Goring.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Mrs. Cheveley.

5. What does Goring say makes marriage such a hopeless, one-sided institution?
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) The moral sense of women.
(c) Love.
(d) Truth.

6. What does Mabel tell Lady Chiltern is very unbecoming on Goring?
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Foul language.
(c) Seriousness.
(d) Greed.

7. In Act 3, Part 2, when does Mrs. Cheveley say she wants Goring to promise to marry her?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) Immediately.
(c) After Sir Robert's ruin.
(d) By week's end.

8. Why does Mabel want Lady Chiltern to talk to Tommy Trafford?
(a) She wants him to propose to her.
(b) He's very unhappy.
(c) He keeps proposing to Mabel.
(d) He's making poor decisions.

9. What does Mrs. Cheveley do to keep Goring from calling the police?
(a) Offers Goring money.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Gives him Sir Robert's letter.
(d) Begs his forgiveness.

10. After Sir Robert leaves Lady Chiltern and Lord Goring in Act 2, what subject does Lady Chiltern want to discuss with Goring?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Sir Robert.
(d) Caversham.

11. What does Mrs. Cheveley find at Goring's while she is waiting for him?
(a) Lady Chiltern's letter.
(b) Sir Robert's letter.
(c) A necklace.
(d) Nothing.

12. What is Tommy Trafford's occupation?
(a) He is Sir Robert's secretary.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He's a student.
(d) He doesn't have a job.

13. What does Sir Robert tell Lady Chiltern was her mistake after she learns his secret?
(a) To love him.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To expect him to remain a politician.
(d) To think he was without faults.

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

15. In Act 3, Part 1, what event does Sir Robert say begins at eleven?
(a) The Bachelor's Ball.
(b) The debate on the Argentine Canal.
(c) Lady Chiltern's tea party.
(d) Mrs. Cheveley's trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Goring say Mrs. Cheveley knows nothing about love?

2. According to Mabel, what does a man say to a girl before he marries her and never after?

3. Why doesn't Mabel like geniuses?

4. Why does Goring say he didn't propose to Mabel sooner?

5. When does Act 4 take place?

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