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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lady Windemere thinks that Mrs. Erlynne is there because:
(a) Lord Windemere sent her to send his wife away.
(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 fetch his wife.

2. What admonishment does Mrs. Erlynne give Lord Windemere?
(a) Morals before marriage.
(b) Manners before morals.
(c) Age before beauty.
(d) Mortals before gods.

3. Who appears to be asleep during the men's conversation?
(a) Lord Darlington.
(b) Lord Windmere.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Dumby.

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

5. Why is Mrs. Erlynne disgraced before everyone?
(a) She was married once before.
(b) She is penniless.
(c) She was found in a man's rooms after leaving the party.
(d) She is not Lady Windemere's mother.

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

7. Mrs. Erlynne gets Augustus to escort her by:
(a) Asking him to escort her out of England.
(b) Asking him to carry her fan.
(c) Asking him to carry her cloak.
(d) Asking him to get her carriage.

8. Why does Lady Windemere regret her decision to go to Darlington's house?
(a) She regrets repeating her mother's mistakes.
(b) She regrets leaving her child.
(c) She still loves her husband and wants to return to him.
(d) She does not want her husband to punish her.

9. According to Mrs. Erlynne, love is:
(a) For fools.
(b) Only an illusion.
(c) Easily killed.
(d) Frequently short-lived.

10. How does Lady Windemere describe Mrs. Erlynne at the end of the play?
(a) As a very clever woman.
(b) As a very good woman.
(c) As an infamous woman.
(d) As a woman of principles.

11. Lord Windemere claims that Mrs. Erlynne is:
(a) Disreputable.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) Infamous.
(d) Bad.

12. What is the second reason Mrs. Erlynne plans to visit Lady Windemere?
(a) To tell her the truth.
(b) To confront Lord Windemere.
(c) To beg forgiveness.
(d) To say goodbye.

13. What is the truth about Mrs. Erlynne?
(a) She is Lady Windemere's mother.
(b) She is Augustus' mother.
(c) She is Lord Windemere's mother.
(d) She is Lord Windemere's first wife.

14. Augustus forgives Mrs. Erlynne because:
(a) She has explained everything.
(b) She has forgiven him everything.
(c) She has denied everything.
(d) She has confessed everything.

15. What has Lady Windemere learned about temptation?
(a) That she is as vulnerable to it as everyone else.
(b) That she can never forgive those who give in to temptation.
(c) That she is above such trivial things.
(d) That she is irreproachable on the subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lady Windemere does not believe that the letter destroyed:

2. Why does Augustus try to prevent Windemere from leaving Lord Darlington's house?

3. What name do Lady Windemere and Mrs. Erlynne share?

4. Who is the one person Lady Windemere must see before she leaves town?

5. Lady Windemere has always thought her mother:

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