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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lord Windemere claims that Lady Windemere's refusal to accept Mrs. Erlynne will:
(a) Ruin Mrs. Erlynne.
(b) Ruin them.
(c) End their marriage.
(d) Destroy their chance of being accepted by Mrs. Erlynne.

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

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

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

5. Lord Darlington fears these kind of people do a great deal of harm in the world:
(a) Important people.
(b) Vile people.
(c) Bad people.
(d) Good people.

6. Lord Darlington claims be pretends to be bad because if you pretend to be good:
(a) The world rejects you.
(b) The world will expect you to be good every day.
(c) The world takes you very seriously.
(d) The world will not take you seriously.

7. What has occurred between Hopper and Agatha?
(a) Hopper will leave for Australia since Agatha will not marry him.
(b) Hopper has proposed to Agatha.
(c) Hopper has left Agatha for Mrs. Erlynne.
(d) Their affair has been found out.

8. After the Duchess meets Mrs. Erlynne, she:
(a) Encourages her to marry Augustus.
(b) Denies her acceptance into society.
(c) Runs to Darlington for help.
(d) Approves of her.

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

10. Lord Darlington believes people are either:
(a) Striking or common.
(b) Honest or dishonest.
(c) Charming or tedious.
(d) Good or bad.

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

12. The Duchess carefully edits:
(a) Lady Windemere's letter to her husband.
(b) Agatha's dance card.
(c) Hopper's proposal to Agatha.
(d) Lady Windemere's guest list.

13. Lord Windemere asks Lady Windemere to:
(a) Follow him.
(b) Tolerate him.
(c) Trust him.
(d) Forgive him.

14. Before Lady Windemere exits at the end of Act 1, she:
(a) Begs her husband's forgiveness.
(b) Demands an apology from her husband.
(c) Defies her husband's wishes.
(d) Gives in to her husband's request.

15. Why does Lord Darlington say he wants Lady Windemere to take him seriously?
(a) He wants to be her friend in case her husband leaves her.
(b) He wants to be her friend in case she needs one some day.
(c) He wants her to be friends with Lord Windemere.
(d) He wants to be her friend in case he falls in love with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Augustus describes Mrs. Erlynne as:

2. The Duchess tells Lady Windemere that her husband will:

3. Almost every guest at the party exhibits some form of:

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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