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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task is Lady Windemere performing as she speaks to Lord Darlington?
(a) She is cleaning her house.
(b) She is arranging dishes.
(c) She is writing invitations.
(d) She is arranging flowers.

2. The Duchess plans to thwart:
(a) Hopper and Agatha's next dance.
(b) Hopper and Agatha's wedding.
(c) Hopper and Agatha's living in Australia.
(d) Hopper and Agatha's affair.

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

4. Lady Plymdale wants her husband to meet Mrs. Erlynne so that:
(a) He will pay attention to his own wife again.
(b) He will deny her admittance to society.
(c) He will pay attention to Mrs. Erlynne instead of her.
(d) He will confirm that she is an unacceptable woman.

5. Where does Act 1 take place?
(a) In the ball room at Lord Darlington's house.
(b) In the breakfast room at Lord Darlington's house.
(c) In the ball room at Lord Windemere's house.
(d) In the morning room of Lord Windemere's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lord Windemere fears he cannot share Lady Erlynne's real identity with his wife because:

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

3. How does Lord Windemere discover the letter his wife has written?

4. What favor does Mrs. Erlynne ask of Augustus?

5. What would make life simpler, in Lady Windemere's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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