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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cheveley reveal to Goring as she leaves his house?
(a) She never loved him.
(b) She still has Sir Robert's letter.
(c) She has Lady Chiltern's letter to Goring.
(d) She is still married to Baron Arnheim.

2. What does Lady Markby say Lady Bonar's new genius does?
(a) Nothing at all.
(b) He's a composer.
(c) He's a poet.
(d) He's a doctor.

3. How does Goring claim to have gotten the brooch while talking to Mrs. Cheveley?
(a) He stole it.
(b) It was a gift.
(c) He bought it at a pawn shop.
(d) He found it.

4. Who says, "When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love her"?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Lady Chiltern.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley.
(d) Goring.

5. What good news does Goring deliver to Lady Chiltern in Act 4, Part 1?
(a) Mrs. Cheveley confessed she never had a letter.
(b) Sir Robert denounced the Argentine Canal scheme.
(c) Mrs. Cheveley has left town.
(d) He burned Sir Robert's letter.

6. 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.

7. In Act 3, Part 2, when does Mrs. Cheveley say she wants Goring to promise to marry her?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) Immediately.
(c) After Sir Robert's ruin.
(d) By week's end.

8. Why does Mabel want Lady Chiltern to talk to Tommy Trafford?
(a) She wants him to propose to her.
(b) He's making poor decisions.
(c) He's very unhappy.
(d) He keeps proposing to Mabel.

9. What does Mrs. Cheveley say modern women don't understand?
(a) Good manners.
(b) Their husbands.
(c) Money.
(d) The value of education.

10. What does Sir Robert tell Lady Chiltern was her mistake after she learns his secret?
(a) To marry him.
(b) To think he was without faults.
(c) To expect him to remain a politician.
(d) To love him.

11. When does Act 4 take place?
(a) Immediately after Mrs. Cheveley leaves Goring's.
(b) The morning after Act 3.
(c) Two weeks later.
(d) The evening of Mrs. Cheveley's visit to Goring's.

12. Who does Mrs. Cheveley say has only two topics of conversation--his gout and his wife?
(a) Lord Mortlake.
(b) Sir Robert.
(c) Tommy Trafford.
(d) Caversham.

13. How does Mrs. Cheveley say she got the brooch in Act 3, Part 2 when she is talking to Goring?
(a) She found it.
(b) It was a present.
(c) She bought it.
(d) She stole it.

14. Who does Mabel say is the most ornamental person in London?
(a) Lady Chiltern.
(b) Mrs. Cheveley.
(c) Goring.
(d) Herself.

15. What proof does Goring have that Mrs. Cheveley had stolen the brooch?
(a) A letter Mrs. Cheveley wrote.
(b) She didn't know it could be a bracelet and she can't remove it.
(c) He has a picture of someone else wearing it.
(d) Lady Chiltern's word that it once belonged to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goring want Lady Chiltern to do after he reads her letter?

2. Why does Goring say he didn't propose to Mabel sooner?

3. In Act 3, Part 2, what does Goring say is a dangerous thing?

4. What does Mrs. Cheveley do to keep Goring from calling the police?

5. At the end of Act 2, what does Mrs. Cheveley tell Lady Chiltern about Sir Robert?

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