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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Lady Windemere use to describe people who have extramarital affairs?
(a) Vile.
(b) Billious.
(c) Villainous.
(d) Coarse.

2. What does Mrs. Erlynne tell Lord Windemere about the letter he finds?
(a) She tells him it is a check.
(b) She tells him it is a letter he should never read.
(c) She tells him it is a refusal to Augustus' marriage proposal.
(d) She tells him it is only an address.

3. Who enters looking for Lady Windemere?
(a) Lady Plymdale.
(b) Mrs. Erlynne.
(c) Lord Darlington.
(d) Lord Windemere.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Erlynne dances with Lord Windermere in order to:

2. The Duchess plans to thwart:

3. One might describe the Duchess' attitude about her husband's infidelity as:

4. What does Mrs. Erlynne do with the letter?

5. Mrs. Erlynne claims to need help with introductions to the:

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Augustus reveal when he re-enters?

2. Why, according to Mrs. Erlynne, should Lady Windemere stay with her husband no matter what she suffers?

3. Describe the relationship between the Duchess and her daughter Agatha.

4. Why does Windemere feel that Lady Windemere will cause the family shame if she insults Mrs. Erlynne publicly?

5. Why does Darlington plan to leave England?

6. Why does Darlington pretend to be "bad?"

7. What is Mrs. Erlynne's opinion of the party guests?

8. What truth has Lady Windemere discovered about her husband and Mrs. Erlynne?

9. What is Lady Windemere's response to her husband's suggestion that evil has never entered her world?

10. What does Mrs. Erlynne have to say about the fogs of London, and what does she mean?

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