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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) Politics.
(b) A good kiss.
(c) Anything.
(d) Needlepoint.

2. Fill in the blank. Goring says, "Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, ________."
(a) I'd be dead by now.
(b) Life would be much easier.
(c) Humans would be terribly boring.
(d) Life wouldn't be worth living.

3. What does Sir Robert say are the only two fashionable religions?
(a) Optimism and Pessimism.
(b) Catholic and Lutheran.
(c) Money and Power.
(d) Politics and Society.

4. What does Lady Chiltern tell Goring he'd find interesting about her meeting in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The refreshments.
(c) Everything.
(d) The women.

5. What does Sir Robert say he had the double misfortune of being born?
(a) Rich and stupid.
(b) Ugly and poor.
(c) Into a royal family.
(d) Well born and poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lady Chiltern say she and Mrs. Cheveley have met before?

2. How long does Lady Chiltern say it's been since she and Vicomte De Nanjac last saw each other?

3. In Act 1, Part 1, what is needed at the embassy to prevent the ambassador from being recalled?

4. In Act 1, Part 3, what does Goring call the item Mabel finds?

5. To what flower does the author compare Mrs. Cheveley?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Sir Robert, why is the Suez Canal different from the Argentine Canal?

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

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

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

5. What does Goring tell Lady Chiltern will happen if she allows Sir Robert to sacrifice his career?

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

7. What benefits does Sir Robert claim to have gained from his success?

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

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

10. What does Lady Chiltern think of Mrs. Cheveley after meeting her in Act 1?

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