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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of Act 2, most of the female characters:
(a) Admire Mrs. Erlynne.
(b) Pity Lady Windemere.
(c) Reject Mrs. Erlynne.
(d) Reject Lady Windemere.

2. How does Lady Windemere describe Mrs. Erlynne at the end of the play?
(a) As an infamous woman.
(b) As a very clever woman.
(c) As a woman of principles.
(d) As a very good woman.

3. Lady Windemere threatens her husband with:
(a) A violent gesture.
(b) A rapid divorce.
(c) A public scandal.
(d) A long, loveless marriage.

4. Lady Windemere believes that every "good" woman in London would:
(a) Be horrified by Lord Windemere's behavior.
(b) Join with her in refusing to accept Mrs. Erlynne in society.
(c) Applaud her for refusing to invite Mrs. Erlynne to the ball.
(d) Condemn her for refusing to invite Mrs. Erlynne to the ball.

5. Why does Mrs. Erlynne want Windemere to stay out of the house?
(a) So that she can try to borrow money from Lady Windemere.
(b) So that Windemere will come back in a better mood.
(c) So he does not discover that she has looked in his bank book.
(d) So he does not discover that his wife is missing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Cecil Graham use for Augustus?

2. Who discovers there must be a woman in Lord Darlington's rooms?

3. Dumby says the youth of the present have no respect for:

4. What is Mrs. Erlynne's excuse for visiting Lady Windemere?

5. What does Lady Windemere claim she will do with the fan her husband has given her as a birthday gift?

(see the answer key)

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