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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lord Augustus is to call on Mrs. Erlynne in order to:
(a) Drive her out of town.
(b) Propose.
(c) Turn her down.
(d) Discourage her interest in Windemere.

2. What would make life simpler, in Lady Windemere's opinion?
(a) Hard and fast rules of conduct.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Different rules of conduct for men and women.
(d) Complexity.

3. What is Lady Windemere doing at the start of the act?
(a) She is waiting to confront Darlington on his affair.
(b) She is waiting to reject Darlington's proposition.
(c) She is waiting for her husband to arrive.
(d) She is waiting for Darlington to arrive so she can accept him.

4. Lady Windemere does not believe that the letter destroyed:
(a) Was actually thrown into the fire.
(b) Was actually her letter.
(c) Was not shown to her husband.
(d) Was in her handwriting.

5. What does Lady Windemere believe about her mother?
(a) That she left Lady Windemere's father for another man.
(b) That she would some day return for Lady Windemere.
(c) That she died when Lady Windemere was a child.
(d) That she was not stern enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Erlynne reads her daughter's letter, she asks:

2. Why does Mrs. Erlynne need Windemere's help with Augustus?

3. Lord Augustus describes Cecil Graham as:

4. Lord Darlington tries to convince Lady Windemere that:

5. What is probably true of Mrs. Erlynne's past?

(see the answer key)

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