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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lord Augustus describes Cecil Graham as:
(a) Excessively handsome.
(b) Excessively tiresome.
(c) Excessively tedious.
(d) Excessively trivial.

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

4. Lady Windemere claims she cannot run away with Darlington because:
(a) She still loves her husband.
(b) She does not love him.
(c) She does not have the courage.
(d) She is afraid to leave her child.

5. Lord Darlington claims he can resist everything but:
(a) Flirtation.
(b) Insincerity.
(c) Temptation.
(d) Scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Augustus is:

2. What is Darlington planning to do since Lady Windemere will not have him?

3. Lord Darlington calls Lady Windemere a:

4. Why doesn't Lord Windemere want to talk to Mrs. Erlynne about money at the ball?

5. The Duchess carefully edits:

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