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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Goring say is always unscrupulous?
(a) The government.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Women.
(d) Politics.

3. According to Mabel, what does a man say to a girl before he marries her and never after?
(a) I love you.
(b) Please be serious.
(c) What is your opinion?
(d) Tell me how you feel.

4. To whom does Goring say "Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear"?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Phipps.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Sir Robert.

5. 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 just doesn't want to.
(d) He's already doing something useful.

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

7. Why does Goring say he didn't propose to Mabel sooner?
(a) He never got the chance.
(b) He didn't realize he is in love with her.
(c) He wasn't ready.
(d) He was afraid of being refused.

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

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

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

11. Why does Sir Robert say spies are of no use nowadays?
(a) They are too lazy to work.
(b) No one has any secrets.
(c) They cost too much.
(d) The newspapers do their work instead.

12. What good news does Goring deliver to Lady Chiltern in Act 4, Part 1?
(a) He burned Sir Robert's letter.
(b) Mrs. Cheveley has left town.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley confessed she never had a letter.
(d) Sir Robert denounced the Argentine Canal scheme.

13. What does Sir Robert compare himself to in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) A lovelorn teenager.
(b) A ship without a rudder.
(c) A compass without a needle.
(d) The tip of a pen.

14. In Act 3, Part 1, who does Goring think is in his drawing room?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Lady Chiltern.
(c) Lady Markby.
(d) Mabel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Goring give for never having a serious conversation after seven?

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

3. In Act 3, Part 1, what does Sir Robert say is the greatest thing in the world?

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

5. What does Mrs. Cheveley say one should never give a woman?

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