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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. In Act 1, Part 2, what does Mrs. Cheveley say everyone has?
(a) A dark side.
(b) A price.
(c) A weakness.
(d) Power.

2. What is Sir Robert's initial response to Mrs. Cheveley's request concerning his speech?
(a) He asks her to come watch him speak.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He is very excited.
(d) He refuses.

3. Why does Mrs. Cheveley say science cannot grapple with the problem of women?
(a) Science is a man's field.
(b) Science can never grapple with the irrational.
(c) Women are too complicated.
(d) Only God can explain women.

4. What does Mrs. Cheveley consider fame on the continent for Sir Robert in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) He is a politician.
(b) He is recognized by many people.
(c) He has a beautiful wife.
(d) His name is spelled right in the newspaper.

5. According to Mrs. Cheveley, what used to lend charm, or at least interest, to a man?
(a) Money.
(b) Humor.
(c) Scandals.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lady Chiltern, what is the only way that people should be judged?

2. What does Lady Chiltern demand that Sir Robert do immediately, in Act 1, Part 3?

3. In Act 2, Part 1, what event does Goring tell Sir Robert he'll be attending that evening?

4. In Act 1, Part 1, how is Goring described?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 2, Part 2, what error does Sir Robert say all women make?

2. How does Lady Chiltern feel when she first learns that Sir Robert sold a cabinet secret?

3. Why is Mrs. Cheveley so interested in the success or failure of the Argentine Canal?

4. How has Sir Robert eased his conscience over the years since selling the cabinet secret?

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

6. Why does Sir Robert think it so unfair that the scandal revealed in his letter to Baron Arnheim should surface now?

7. Why does Sir Robert want to stay five more minutes at Goring's house in Act 3, Part 1?

8. Why is Lady Chiltern taken aback by what Mrs. Cheveley says to her as she leaves the party at the Chiltern home?

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

10. What does Goring tell Mrs. Cheveley is the drawback of stealing something?

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