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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the message in the letter that Mrs. Cheveley plans to blackmail Sir Robert with?
(a) It says to buy Suez Canal shares.
(b) It says Sir Robert cheated on his college exams.
(c) It says Sir Robert had an affair with Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) It says Sir Robert fixed his election.

2. From what meeting does Lady Chiltern return from in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) A church meeting.
(b) The library board meeting.
(c) The Women's Liberal Association meeting.
(d) The Lady's Aid Society meeting.

3. Why does Sir Robert think it would be useless for Goring to talk to Lady Chiltern about life?
(a) She's not smart enough to understand.
(b) She already knows everything there is to know.
(c) Nothing could make her change her views.
(d) She won't believe Goring.

4. According to Lady Markby, what's better than light intellectual pressure?
(a) Politics.
(b) A good kiss.
(c) Anything.
(d) Needlepoint.

5. What does Sir Robert say that sooner or later one must do in political life?
(a) Lie.
(b) Retire.
(c) Compromise.
(d) Lose an election.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Chiltern say gives one an instinct to things?

2. In Act 1, Part 3, what does Mabel say about Mrs. Cheveley after she leaves?

3. What is Sir Robert's initial response to Mrs. Cheveley's request concerning his speech?

4. In Act 2, Part 1, what does Goring tell Sir Robert he should have done with Lady Chiltern?

5. According to Mrs. Cheveley, what do Englishmen always get after a good meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 2, Part 2, what does Goring say to criticize Lady Chiltern?

2. How does Goring finally get Mrs. Cheveley to give him Sir Robert's letter?

3. What reason does Mrs. Marchmont give for hating being educated?

4. Why does Sir Robert say it was so important to him to achieve success when he was young?

5. What strange request does Goring make of Mabel regarding the brooch Mabel finds?

6. Why isn't Mabel interested in men who have a future?

7. What does Mrs. Cheveley initially do to try to convince Sir Robert to speak in favor of the Argentine Canal?

8. Mrs. Cheveley gives Sir Robert a piece of advice about dealing with their pasts. What does she tell him they all must do?

9. Before sitting down to dinner, why does Mabel say that Goring has been "horrid" and what is his response?

10. How does Mrs. Cheveley plan to use the letter Sir Robert wrote to Baron Arnheim regarding the Argentine Canal?

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