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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cheveley say modern women don't understand?
(a) Good manners.
(b) Their husbands.
(c) The value of education.
(d) Money.

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

3. 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) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Mabel.

4. How does Goring reply when Caversham asks why he doesn't try to do something useful in life?
(a) He says he's too young.
(b) Usefulness is dull.
(c) He's already doing something useful.
(d) He just doesn't want to.

5. What does Mrs. Cheveley reveal to Goring as she leaves his house?
(a) She never loved him.
(b) She is still married to Baron Arnheim.
(c) She still has Sir Robert's letter.
(d) She has Lady Chiltern's letter to Goring.

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

7. Who proposes to Mabel before Goring does so in Act 4?
(a) Lord Devonshire.
(b) Mason.
(c) Tommy Trafford.
(d) Caversham.

8. Who does Goring say is the only person now in danger in Act 4, Part 1?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Goring.
(d) Lady Chiltern.

9. At the end of Act 3, what does Mrs. Cheveley promise Goring?
(a) She'll destroy Sir Robert's letter.
(b) She'll never ask him to marry her again.
(c) She will never try to harm Sir Robert again.
(d) She will leave town and never return.

10. What kind of woman does Goring say he'd like to marry?
(a) A woman with a good sense of humor.
(b) A woman with intelligence.
(c) The prettiest fool in England.
(d) A successful woman.

11. What does Mrs. Cheveley say one should never give a woman?
(a) Too much credit.
(b) Your heart.
(c) Anything she cannot wear in the evening.
(d) Jewelry.

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

13. How does Goring suggest to Lady Chiltern that she handle the theft of her letter to Goring?
(a) Tell him she didn't write it.
(b) Steal the letter back.
(c) Forget about it.
(d) Tell Sir Robert everything.

14. What does Caversham say aren't fashionable anymore?
(a) Bachelors.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Neck ties.
(d) Dinner parties.

15. Who does Mrs. Cheveley say talks more and says less than anybody she's ever met?
(a) Goring.
(b) Lady Markby.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Lady Chiltern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Robert say his sources found out about Mrs. Cheveley?

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

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

4. Why doesn't Mabel like geniuses?

5. What proof does Goring have that Mrs. Cheveley had stolen the brooch?

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