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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 does Mrs. Erlynne discover in the letter Lady Windemere leaves for her husband?
(a) That she is planning to leave him.
(b) That she is planning to have an affair.
(c) That she forgives him for everything.
(d) That she is ill and has gone up to bed.

2. Lady Windemere believes she lives in a "bad" age because:
(a) People look on life as a speculation.
(b) People look on life as a sacrifice.
(c) People look on life as a stipulation.
(d) People look on life as a superstition.

3. What does Mrs. Erlynne do with the letter?
(a) She tears it up.
(b) She throws it off the terrace.
(c) She reads it.
(d) She brings it to Lord Windemere.

4. Lady Windemere's first name is:
(a) Marianne.
(b) Monique.
(c) Molly.
(d) Margaret.

5. Lord Augustus immediately questions Lord Windemere about:
(a) The Duchess.
(b) Lady Windemere.
(c) Lady Agatha.
(d) Mrs. Erlynne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord Windemere do when Lady Windemere refuses to invite Mrs. Erlynne to the ball?

2. Darlington describes the upcoming ball as:

3. Why does Mrs. Erlynne want Windemere to stay out of the house?

4. How does Mrs. Erlynne find the letter Lady Windemere left behind?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Erlynne threaten to make her name infamous if Windemere reveals her identity?

2. What does Mrs. Erlynne learn about her first husband through Lady Windemere?

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

4. Why might Lady Windemere announce that she is available to all visitors when Parker tells her Darlington has come to call?

5. Why does Windemere call Mrs. Erlynne a dangerous woman?

6. Why does Lady Windemere think her husband has arrived at Darlington's?

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

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

9. What has Lady Windmere discovered about good and bad people?

10. What do all the men assume about Mrs. Erlynne's presence in Darlington's rooms?

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