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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Goring say is always unscrupulous?
(a) Ambition.
(b) The government.
(c) Politics.
(d) Women.

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

6. According to Goring, life can't be understood and lived without what?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Power.
(d) Charity.

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

8. Why does Mrs. Cheveley come to visit Goring at his home?
(a) To offer conditions for the return of Sir Robert's letter.
(b) To beg his forgiveness.
(c) To profess her undying love.
(d) To sell him Sir Robert's letter for a sum of 10,000 pounds.

9. How does Goring reply when Caversham asks why he doesn't try to do something useful in life?
(a) He just doesn't want to.
(b) He's already doing something useful.
(c) He says he's too young.
(d) Usefulness is dull.

10. Who does Caversham say has no common sense at all?
(a) Lady Chiltern.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Women.
(d) Goring.

11. Who does Mrs. Cheveley say talks more and says less than anybody she's ever met?
(a) Goring.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Lady Markby.
(d) Lady Chiltern.

12. What does Sir Robert say his sources found out about Mrs. Cheveley?
(a) She is a thief.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She cheated while in school.
(d) She once worked as a prostitute.

13. How does Goring describe his proposal to Mabel?
(a) A flash of genius.
(b) A job he had to do.
(c) A terrible mistake.
(d) The best moment of his life.

14. Why does Lady Chiltern write a letter to Goring?
(a) She needs to meet with him.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She is planning to leave Sir Robert and needs his help.
(d) She is too shy to talk to him.

15. Why doesn't Goring like to know what people are saying behind his back?
(a) It hurts his feelings.
(b) He gets angry.
(c) They're all fools anyway.
(d) It makes him too conceited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cheveley find at Goring's while she is waiting for him?

2. With whom does Caversham agree when she says one can never believe a word Goring says?

3. In Act 3, Part 2, when does Mrs. Cheveley say she wants Goring to promise to marry her?

4. When Sir Robert leaves Goring's, whom does Goring think Sir Robert was talking about?

5. What does Goring say only dull people ever get into?

(see the answer keys)

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