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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Cheveley come to visit Goring at his home?
(a) To sell him Sir Robert's letter for a sum of 10,000 pounds.
(b) To profess her undying love.
(c) To offer conditions for the return of Sir Robert's letter.
(d) To beg his forgiveness.

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

3. What does Goring want Lady Chiltern to do after he reads her letter?
(a) Leave her husband.
(b) Confront Mrs. Cheveley.
(c) Ask her husband to tell her the whole story.
(d) Stand by her husband.

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

5. Who does Caversham say has no common sense at all?
(a) Women.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Lady Chiltern.
(d) Goring.

6. How does Lord Goring find out about the speech Sir Robert gave in the House of Commons?
(a) Caversham tells him.
(b) Lady Chiltern tells him.
(c) Sir Robert tells him.
(d) He attends the speech.

7. Who does Mrs. Cheveley say has only two topics of conversation--his gout and his wife?
(a) Tommy Trafford.
(b) Sir Robert.
(c) Caversham.
(d) Lord Mortlake.

8. What reason does Mrs. Cheveley give for her passion for listening through keyholes?
(a) The best secrets occur behind closed doors.
(b) She makes her living by blackmailing others based on what she hears.
(c) She once heard Goring confess his love for her through a keyhole.
(d) You can hear wonderful things through them.

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

10. What does Lady Chiltern want to do about the theft of her letter to Goring?
(a) Have Mrs. Cheveley's house ransacked for the letter.
(b) Tell Sir Robert everything.
(c) Intercept it before it gets to Sir Robert.
(d) Forget about it.

11. With whom does Caversham agree when she says one can never believe a word Goring says?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Lady Chiltern.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Lady Markby.

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

13. Why does Goring say Mrs. Cheveley knows nothing about love?
(a) She is only in love with herself.
(b) She is far too clever.
(c) She's never been in love.
(d) She's too mean.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cheveley say modern women don't understand?

2. When Sir Robert leaves Goring's, whom does Goring think Sir Robert was talking about?

3. How does Goring reply when Caversham asks why he doesn't try to do something useful in life?

4. How does Goring describe his proposal to Mabel?

5. Why does Lady Chiltern write a letter to Goring?

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