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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mabel tell Lady Chiltern is very unbecoming on Goring?

2. Why does Caversham visit Goring in Act 3, Part 1?

3. What does Sir Robert say his sources found out about Mrs. Cheveley?

4. Who says, "When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love her"?

5. What does Mrs. Cheveley say one should never give a woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is "the ideal husband" in the minds of Lady Chiltern and Mabel? Do their ideals differ? Do such ideals appear to be realistic? Provide evidence from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Wilde uses two dimensional characters for a specific purpose in this play. What is that purpose? Who are the two dimensional characters? How do they support your idea of the purpose of two dimensional characters?

Essay Topic 3

The central conflict in this play is not between Mrs. Cheveley and Sir Robert or Goring. Identify the central conflict of the play and how Wilde illustrates it in the play. What is the conflict? At what point in the play does Wilde make the conflict clear? How is it brought out and how is it finally resolved?

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