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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 does Mrs. Cheveley want Sir Robert to say about the Argentine Canal project?
(a) It would improve international relations.
(b) It would be a waste of money.
(c) It would be a great international value.
(d) It is unsafe.

2. What does Mabel find in the sofa, hidden by a cushion?
(a) A letter.
(b) A ring.
(c) Money.
(d) A diamond brooch.

3. In Act 1, Part 3, what does Mabel say about Mrs. Cheveley after she leaves?
(a) She is a lovely woman.
(b) She has beautiful clothes.
(c) She is very intelligent.
(d) She is a horrid woman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Cheveley reply to Sir Robert when he asks, "What brought you into my life?"

2. What does Mrs. Cheveley consider fame on the continent for Sir Robert in Act 1, Part 1?

3. Why does Sir Robert think it would be useless for Goring to talk to Lady Chiltern about life?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Goring comments that Mrs. Cheveley is just as willful as she used to be, why does Mrs. Cheveley say she has actually improved?

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

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

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

8. What does Sir Robert do after Mrs. Cheveley brings up Baron Arnheim that shows he is uncomfortable with the whole conversation?

9. What is Goring frustrated about as Act 4 opens?

10. Why does Goring tell Lady Chiltern that no one is incapable of foolish actions in Act 2, Part 2?

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