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

2. According to Lady Markby, what is fashionable in marriage nowadays?
(a) For people to marry as often as they can.
(b) For people never to marry.
(c) For people to stay together for a long time.
(d) For people to wait until they are older to marry.

3. Where does Mrs. Cheveley say she got the letter containing the secret about Sir Robert?
(a) From Sir Robert's desk.
(b) From Goring.
(c) From Baron Arnheim.
(d) From Sir Robert's mailbox.

4. During Act 1, Part 2, what does Mrs. Cheveley say we all must do sooner or later?
(a) Get older.
(b) Marry.
(c) Die.
(d) Pay for what we do.

5. How does Mrs. Cheveley say she stays young and beautiful?
(a) By avoiding dull parties.
(b) By using lots of moisturizer.
(c) By talking to perfectly charming people.
(d) By marrying wealthy men.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lady Chiltern in Act 1, Part 3, what is Sir Robert not a man to do?

2. How old was Sir Robert when he wrote the letter to Baron Arnheim?

3. What does Lord Goring say he gets rid of as soon as possible?

4. What does Mrs. Cheveley want Sir Robert to say about the Argentine Canal project?

5. In Act 1, Part 3, what does Goring say is "never of any use to oneself"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mabel upset when she joins a conversation with Goring and other party guests and finds they are talking about Mrs. Cheveley?

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

3. What is Lady Chiltern's response to Mrs. Cheveley when she says that Lady Chiltern hasn't changed since their school days?

4. What is Goring's reaction to Mabel's revelation in Act 1, Part 1, that she does not like Mrs. Cheveley?

5. What conclusion did Sir Robert jump to when he found Mrs. Cheveley at Goring's house?

6. What about Sir Robert does Lady Chiltern say makes him different from other men?

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

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

9. What does Lady Chiltern say Sir Robert contributes to the political world?

10. What does Goring want from Sir Robert in return for his getting the letter to Baron Arnheim back?

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