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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Cheveley say she got the brooch in Act 3, Part 2 when she is talking to Goring?
(a) It was a present.
(b) She bought it.
(c) She found it.
(d) She stole it.

2. In Act 3, Part 2, when does Mrs. Cheveley say she wants Goring to promise to marry her?
(a) By week's end.
(b) Immediately.
(c) After Sir Robert's ruin.
(d) Tomorrow.

3. What does Goring say only dull people ever get into?
(a) University.
(b) Caversham's circle of friends.
(c) The upper crust.
(d) The House of Commons.

4. Who says, "When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love her"?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley.
(b) Lady Chiltern.
(c) Goring.
(d) Mabel.

5. What does Lady Markby say is the greatest blow to a happy married life since Higher Education of Women was invented?
(a) The House of Commons.
(b) London society parties.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Cheveley say has only two topics of conversation--his gout and his wife?

2. How does Goring reply when Caversham asks why he doesn't try to do something useful in life?

3. What reason does Goring give for never having a serious conversation after seven?

4. What happens to alert Sir Robert to the presence of someone in the next room when he is at Goring's?

5. Why does Lord Goring prefer pluck over genius?

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