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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 weakness.
(b) Power.
(c) A price.
(d) A dark side.

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

3. Why does Goring say he loves to talk about nothing?
(a) He doesn't like serious conversations.
(b) It's the only thing he knows anything about.
(c) Ladies love to talk about nothing, and he loves ladies.
(d) It's the only thing his friends know anything about.

4. At the Chiltern's dinner party, what does Mrs. Cheveley say cannot explain women?
(a) Other women.
(b) Religion.
(c) Men.
(d) Psychology.

5. What does Lady Chiltern demand that Sir Robert do immediately, in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Write a letter to Mrs. Cheveley saying he will not support the Argentine Canal scheme.
(b) Throw Mrs. Cheveley out of their house.
(c) Retire from public life.
(d) Tell Goring to leave the party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Cheveley say she got the letter containing the secret about Sir Robert?

2. What is the name of the tapestry that remains illuminated after the lights are put out at the end of Act 1?

3. What is the message in the letter that Mrs. Cheveley plans to blackmail Sir Robert with?

4. What does Sir Robert say that sooner or later one must do in political life?

5. What does Sir Robert say are the only two fashionable religions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Goring enjoy political parties?

3. How does Goring feel about Sir Robert's selling the cabinet secret to gain his success?

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

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

6. Why does Caversham think he should be the one to choose a wife for Goring?

7. What condition does Mrs. Cheveley set for her giving Sir Robert's letter to Goring?

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

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

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

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