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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Sir Robert leaves Goring's, whom does Goring think Sir Robert was talking about?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Mrs. Cheveley.
(c) Lady Markby.
(d) Lady Chiltern.

6. According to Goring, life can't be understood and lived without what?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Charity.

7. What does Lady Markby say is the greatest blow to a happy married life since Higher Education of Women was invented?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) The House of Commons.
(c) Politics.
(d) London society parties.

8. 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.

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

10. How does Mrs. Cheveley say she got the brooch in Act 3, Part 2 when she is talking to Goring?
(a) She found it.
(b) It was a present.
(c) She bought it.
(d) She stole it.

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

12. What does Lady Markby say Lady Bonar's new genius does?
(a) Nothing at all.
(b) He's a doctor.
(c) He's a composer.
(d) He's a poet.

13. What does Sir Robert say his sources found out about Mrs. Cheveley?
(a) She is a thief.
(b) She once worked as a prostitute.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She cheated while in school.

14. Why doesn't Goring like the name Laura?
(a) Because he can never spell it correctly.
(b) Because it's Mrs. Cheveley's first name and he used to adore it.
(c) Because it is his mother's name.
(d) Because it's an ugly name.

15. Why doesn't Goring like to know what people are saying behind his back?
(a) It hurts his feelings.
(b) They're all fools anyway.
(c) He gets angry.
(d) It makes him too conceited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cheveley find at Goring's while she is waiting for him?

2. Who does Goring say Mrs. Cheveley stole the brooch from?

3. To whom does Goring say "Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear"?

4. Who does Mabel say is the most ornamental person in London?

5. Who proposes to Mabel before Goring does so in Act 4?

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