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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops Mrs. Erlynne and Lady Windemere from leaving Lord Darlington's house?
(a) They hear Lord Darlington sobbing.
(b) They hear the men returning.
(c) They hear Windemere and Darlington fighting.
(d) They hear Windemere searching the house.

2. What, according to Mrs. Erlynne, is better than ideals?
(a) Fears.
(b) Loves.
(c) Scandals.
(d) Realities.

3. What does Lady Windemere threaten?
(a) She threatens to go home and tell her husband the truth.
(b) She threatens to expose Mrs. Erlynne to society.
(c) She threatens to create a huge scandal for herself and Windemere.
(d) She threatens to have an affair with Augustus.

4. Why does Lord Darlington forbid Windemere to search his rooms?
(a) He knows Lady Agatha is there.
(b) He knows Mrs. Erlynne is there.
(c) He knows Lady Windemere must be there.
(d) He knows there is no one in his rooms.

5. Lady Windemere describes the roses in the garden at Selby as:
(a) Shades of pink.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Pink and white.
(d) Black and white.

6. Lady Windemere thinks that Mrs. Erlynne is there because:
(a) Lord Windemere sent her to fetch his wife.
(b) Lord Augustus warned told her where to find her daughter.
(c) Lord Darlington sent her to bring her home.
(d) Lord Windemere sent her to send his wife away.

7. Who continues to tease Augustus?
(a) Lord Darlington.
(b) Cecil Graham.
(c) Dumby.
(d) Lord Windemere.

8. What does Mrs. Erlynne threaten to do if Windemere reveals her secret?
(a) She will leave town immediately.
(b) She will divorce Augustus.
(c) She will reveal their affair to Lady Windemere.
(d) She will scandalize herself.

9. What does Mrs. Erlynne claim to dislike about London?
(a) The cold.
(b) The heat.
(c) The fogs.
(d) The rain.

10. After Mrs. Erlynne's long speech, Lady Windemere begs:
(a) Take me away from England!
(b) Leave my husband alone!
(c) Leave me alone!
(d) Take me home!

11. Lady Windemere claims that people do not rule life, but rather:
(a) People rule one another.
(b) Life rules people.
(c) Life tricks people.
(d) People rule only themselves.

12. What is Lady Windemere doing at the start of the act?
(a) She is waiting for Darlington to arrive so she can accept him.
(b) She is waiting to reject Darlington's proposition.
(c) She is waiting for her husband to arrive.
(d) She is waiting to confront Darlington on his affair.

13. Who is Lady Windemere talking to at the start of Act 4?
(a) Herself.
(b) Lord Darlington.
(c) Lady Plymdale.
(d) Her mother.

14. Augustus is happy to leave England because:
(a) He is homesick for South America.
(b) He is sick of the society, the climate, and everything else.
(c) He is sick of the women chasing him for his money.
(d) He is sick of the public disgrace.

15. What does Lord Windemere assume about the presence of his wife's fan in Darlington's rooms?
(a) He assumes his wife has found out about his affair.
(b) He assumes Mrs. Erlynne is hiding in Darlington's rooms.
(c) He assumes his wife has gone home to rest.
(d) He assumes his wife is hiding in Darlington's rooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Erlynne, love is:

2. What made Cecil Graham admire Mrs. Erlynne?

3. What is Mrs. Erlynne's first advice to Lady Windemere?

4. What has Rosalie been searching for?

5. What is the truth about Mrs. Erlynne?

(see the answer keys)

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