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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Darlington planning to do since Lady Windemere will not have him?
(a) He will leave France.
(b) He will leave England.
(c) He will leave London.
(d) He will leave America.

2. Mrs. Erlynne claims to need help with introductions to the:
(a) Married guests.
(b) Female guests only.
(c) Male guests only.
(d) Wives of men she knows.

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

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

5. In Act 2 the audience learns:
(a) Why Mrs. Erlynne despises her daughter.
(b) Why Mrs. Erlynne left her family.
(c) Why Mrs. Erlynne wishes to leave England.
(d) Why Mrs. Erlynne has no female friends.

6. What does Lady Windemere decide after her husband exits with Mrs. Erlynne?
(a) She decides to confront her husband.
(b) She decides to publicly shame Mrs. Erlynne.
(c) She decides to run away with Lord Darlington.
(d) She decides to forget the whole episode.

7. Augustus is:
(a) Lady Windemere's brother.
(b) The Duchess' husband.
(c) The Duchess' brother.
(d) Lord Darlington's brother.

8. Lord Darlington tries to convince Lady Windemere that:
(a) She should run away with Lord Augustus.
(b) She should never speak to Mrs. Erlynne.
(c) She can no longer live with Lord Windemere.
(d) She can no longer hold her head up in society.

9. What does Lady Windemere claim she will do with the fan her husband has given her as a birthday gift?
(a) She will strike Lord Windemere in the face with it.
(b) She will sell it on the street.
(c) She will throw it into the fire.
(d) She will strike Mrs. Erlynne across the face with it.

10. Darlington describes the upcoming ball as:
(a) Very scandalous, very silly, and very late.
(b) Very small, very early, and very select.
(c) Very small, very boring, and very select.
(d) Very big, very glitzy, and very prominent.

11. What does Mrs. Erlynne discover in the letter Lady Windemere leaves for her husband?
(a) That she is ill and has gone up to bed.
(b) That she is planning to have an affair.
(c) That she forgives him for everything.
(d) That she is planning to leave him.

12. What detail does Lady Windemere point out about the fan that is her birthday present?
(a) It came from London.
(b) It used to be her mother's.
(c) It has her birth date on it.
(d) It has her name on it.

13. What is probably true of Mrs. Erlynne's past?
(a) She wrote a letter to Lord Windemere telling him the whole truth about her past.
(b) She left her husband when he had an affair, and she too wrote a letter.
(c) She deserted her husband for Lord Windemere, and wrote him a letter about it.
(d) She wrote her daughter a letter to tell her the truth about her father.

14. The Duchess tells Lady Windemere that her husband will:
(a) Come back to her happy and fulfilled.
(b) Never return to her.
(c) Come back to her because he loves her.
(d) Come back to her slightly damaged.

15. Lady Windemere says that her husband broke the bonds of marriage, and she:
(a) Only broke its bondage.
(b) Only broke his heart.
(c) Only broke one of her vows.
(d) Only broke his trust.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Erlynne find the letter Lady Windemere left behind?

2. Who plans to be married to Mrs. Erlynne?

3. What does Lord Windemere do when Lady Windemere refuses to invite Mrs. Erlynne to the ball?

4. Lady Windemere claims she never:

5. Lord Darlington believes people are either:

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