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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Mabel like geniuses?
(a) She doesn't like people who are smarter than her.
(b) She says they are pretentious.
(c) She can't talk to them.
(d) She thinks they are quite impossible.

2. According to Mabel, what does a man say to a girl before he marries her and never after?
(a) I love you.
(b) Tell me how you feel.
(c) What is your opinion?
(d) Please be serious.

3. How does Lord Goring find out about the speech Sir Robert gave in the House of Commons?
(a) Lady Chiltern tells him.
(b) Sir Robert tells him.
(c) Caversham tells him.
(d) He attends the speech.

4. Why does Lady Chiltern say she'll always love Sir Robert in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) He will never make a mistake.
(b) He's her husband.
(c) He is successful.
(d) He will always be worthy of love.

5. What does Lord Goring say he knows by observation and not by experience?
(a) A good marriage.
(b) Love.
(c) A practical life.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What good news does Goring deliver to Lady Chiltern in Act 4, Part 1?

2. How long does Lady Chiltern say it's been since she and Vicomte De Nanjac last saw each other?

3. In Act 1, Part 2, who says, "I like tedious, practical subjects. What I don't like are tedious, practical people"?

4. What is the name of the tapestry that remains illuminated after the lights are put out at the end of Act 1?

5. In Act 2, Part 1, what does Goring tell Sir Robert he should have done with Lady Chiltern?

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