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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. How does Mrs. Erlynne find the letter Lady Windemere left behind?
(a) Parker throws it at her.
(b) Mrs. Erlynne finds it on the table.
(c) Parker tells her about it.
(d) Mrs. Erlynne searches the room for it.

2. The Duchess first heard the rumor about Lord Windemere from:
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her nieces.
(c) Her daughters.
(d) Her husband.

3. Why does Lady Windemere turn down Lady Jedburgh's lunch invitation?
(a) She learns that Lord Windemere will be present.
(b) She learns that Darlington will be present.
(c) She suspects Lord Windemere of having an affair with Lady Jedburgh.
(d) She learns that Mrs. Erlynne will be present.

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

5. What is probably true of Mrs. Erlynne's past?
(a) She wrote a letter to Lord Windemere telling him the whole truth about her past.
(b) She left her husband when he had an affair, and she too wrote a letter.
(c) She deserted her husband for Lord Windemere, and wrote him a letter about it.
(d) She wrote her daughter a letter to tell her the truth about her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lady Windemere says that her husband broke the bonds of marriage, and she:

2. Who plans to be married to Mrs. Erlynne?

3. Lord Darlington uses a hypothetical situation about a married man having an affair in order to:

4. What word does Lady Windemere use to describe people who have extramarital affairs?

5. When Mrs. Erlynne reads her daughter's letter, she asks:

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Erlynne able to control Lord Windemere?

2. Why does the Duchess claim to feel totally secure at the Windemeres' house?

3. What is the Duchess' attitude about marital infidelity on the part of men?

4. Why does Lord Windemere insist that Mrs. Erlynne receive an invitation to the ball?

5. Why do the men appear to approve of Lord and Lady Windemere where Mrs. Erlynne is concerned?

6. Why is the Duchess so interested in Lady Agatha's dance card?

7. Why does Windemere say he wishes Mrs. Erlynne would have revealed her secret?

8. Why does Darlington plan to leave England?

9. Why does Lady Plymdale claim Lord Windemere should not spend too much time talking to his wife?

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

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