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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cecil Graham introduces Mrs. Erlynne to his aunt because:
(a) He knows his aunt will find her amusing.
(b) He wants to annoy his aunt.
(c) He knows Mrs. Erlynne is respectable.
(d) He cannot resist Mrs. Erlynne.

2. What is Lord Darlington's objection to "good" people?
(a) He says they are not really good on the inside.
(b) He says they make bad people look exciting.
(c) He says they make goodness of extraordinary importance.
(d) He says they make badness of extraordinary importance.

3. Why doesn't Lord Windemere want to talk to Mrs. Erlynne about money at the ball?
(a) He wants to go find his wife.
(b) He wants to discourage Mrs. Erlynne from the match.
(c) He wants to save his money for his child.
(d) He wants to discourage Augustus from the match.

4. Lady Windemere believes she lives in a "bad" age because:
(a) People look on life as a sacrifice.
(b) People look on life as a speculation.
(c) People look on life as a stipulation.
(d) People look on life as a superstition.

5. Lord Augustus describes Cecil Graham as:
(a) Excessively tedious.
(b) Excessively handsome.
(c) Excessively tiresome.
(d) Excessively trivial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lord Augustus worried about Mrs. Erlynne?

2. Lady Windemere says she believes:

3. Lord Darlington fears these kind of people do a great deal of harm in the world:

4. Mrs. Erlynne claims that when men give up saying what is charming, they:

5. Who is Lady Windemere's first caller?

(see the answer key)

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