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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Act 3 take place?
(a) In Lady Windemere's rooms.
(b) In Lord Windermere's rooms.
(c) In Mrs. Erlynne's rooms.
(d) In Lord Darlington's rooms.

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

3. Lord Windmere begs his wife:
(a) To invite Mrs. Erlynne to travel with them.
(b) To tell Mrs. Erlynne she is her daughter.
(c) Not to tell anyone about his affair.
(d) Not to see Mrs. Erlynne.

4. Lady Windemere feels it is her duty to:
(a) Tell her husband the truth about her mother.
(b) Tell her mother the truth about her father.
(c) Tell her mother about her affair with Darlington.
(d) Tell her husband the truth about the previous evening.

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

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

7. No matter what Lady Windemere suffers, Lady Erlynne claims:
(a) She must leave immediately.
(b) She must love her husband.
(c) She must leave Darlington.
(d) She must stay with her son.

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

9. What is ironic about Mrs. Erlynne's public disgrace?
(a) Mrs. Erlynne would have disgraced Lady Windemere first.
(b) Lady Windemere tried to disgrace her at Lord Darlington's.
(c) Lady Windemere would have disgraced Mrs. Erlynne, but Mrs. Erlynne saved her.
(d) Mrs. Erlynne disgraced herself by trying to disgrace Lady Windemere.

10. 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 public disgrace.
(d) He is sick of the women chasing him for his money.

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

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

13. If Lady Windemere will return to her husband, Mrs. Erlynne promises:
(a) To be better mother to her daughter.
(b) Marry Augustus and leave town.
(c) Never to communicate with him again.
(d) Never to reveal her affair with Darlington.

14. Why does Mrs. Erlynne fear she is lost?
(a) Because she fears Augustus will find her there.
(b) Because she fears Windemere will find her there.
(c) Because she knows she has ruined her chances with Lord Windemere.
(d) Because she knows she will let her daughter down.

15. What time did Windemere arrive home that night?
(a) Two a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Ten-thirty p.m.
(d) Five a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord Windemere assume about the presence of his wife's fan in Darlington's rooms?

2. What is the second reason Mrs. Erlynne plans to visit Lady Windemere?

3. Lady Windemere claims she will not return to her husband because:

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

5. Dumby says the youth of the present have no respect for:

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