An Ideal Husband

Quiz 1

Section A: the play

1. What is the secret of Sir Robert's past?

(A) A love affair with Mrs. Cheveley(B) An unfortunate and short-lived career in

musical theater(C) The sale of a Cabinet secret to his friend

Baron Arnheim regarding the Suez Canal(D) The murder of Baron Arnheim

2. Where has Lord Goring seen Mrs. Cheveley's diamond bracelet before?

(A) He gave it to Mrs. Chelevey during their courtship

(B) He gave it as a wedding present to his cousin, Mary Berkshire

(C) He gave it to Mabel Chiltern during their courship

(D) He once wore it as a tiara to the local molly house

3. What tapestry hangs as the backdrop for Act I?

(A) Boucher's Triumph of Love(B) Botticelli's Venus(C) Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors(D) A self portrait by Watteau

4. If for Lord Goring nothing ages like happiness, one must live for

(A) Love(B) Glory(C) Pleasure(D) Buttonholes

5. In Act IV, Lord Goring remarks that he prefers what to principles?

(A) Love(B) Glory(C) Pleasure(D) Prejudices

6. How does Lady Chiltern know Mrs. Cheveley?

• (A) From prison• (B) From their school days• (C) From the nunnery• (D) From an unfortunate and short-lived

career in musical theater

7. When Mrs. Cheveley first appears in Act I, she is dressed in what color?

(A) Black(B) Mauve(C) Cantaloupe(D) Heliotrope

8. What epithet does Lord Caversham repeat against his son?

(A) That he is heartless(B) That he is brainless(C) That he is talentless(D) That he is penniless

9. What is the name of Mabel foiled suitor?

(A) Tommy Trafalgar(B) Tommy Trafford(C) Tommy Trafler(D) Tommy Tykwer

10. At the end of Act III, what does Lord Goring threaten to remove from Mrs.

Chelevey by force?

(A) Her clothing(B) Her diamond brooch(C) Lady Chiltern's letter(D) Lady Chiltern's brooch

11. Why does Mrs. Cheveley come to Sir Robert?

(A) To revenge herself on Lord Goring(B) To vengefully wrest him from Gertrude(C) To gain his assistance in a Suez Canal scheme(D) To gain his assistance in an Argentine Canal

scheme

12. What is the name of Lord Goring's butler?

(A) Phipps(B) Lipps(C) Harold(D) Mason

13. What appointment does Sir Robert accept at the end of the play?

(A) A post in the House of Lords(B) A cabinet position(C) A post in the country(D) A post in the Vienna Embassy

14. When Lord Goring receives Sir Robert in his library in Act III, who does he believe

waits in the drawing room?

(A) Lord Caversham(B) Mrs. Cheveley(C) Mabel Chiltern(D) Lady Chiltern

15. According to Mrs. Cheveley in Act II, what is the only really fine art produced

in modern times?

(A) The art of blackmail(B) The art of living(C) The art of marriage(D) The art of government

16. Toward the beginning of Act II, Lady Chiltern returns from a meeting of what organization?

(A) The Woman's Progressive Party(B) The Woman's Liberal Association(C) The Woman's World(D) The Women's Bonnets Society

17. Lady Chiltern's note to Lord Goring appears on what colored paper?

(A) Mauve(B) Heliotrope(C) Pink(D) Lilac

18. From whose lines comes the title of the play?

(A) Mabel and Lord Caversham(B) Mabel and Lord Goring(C) Mabel and Lady Chiltern(D) Lady Basildon and Mrs. Marchmont

19. Lord Goring describes Mrs. Cheveley as a daytime genius and nighttime …..?

(A) General(B) Genie(C) Beast(D) Beauty

20. From whom does Sir Robert learn the true addressee of Lady Chiltern's note?

(A) Mrs. Cheveley(B) Lord Goring(C) Lady Chiltern(D) No one

21. What is the ultimate fate of Sir Robert's letter to Baron Arnheim?

(A) Lady Chiltern comes to possess it(B) Lord Goring burns it(C) Mrs. Cheveley publishes it(D) Sir Robert destroys it

22. When is the play set?

(A) 1875(B) 1895 - the near future(C) 1895 - the time of the play's production(D) 1895 - the recent past

23. Having accepted Lord Goring's proposal, Mabel retires to the Conservatory to sit

under a…?

(A) Beech tree(B) Oak tree(C) Elm tree(D) Palm tree

24. Mrs. Cheveley is willing to trade Sir Robert's letter for …?

(A) Goring's hand in marriage(B) Sir Robert's support in her Suez Canal

scheme(C) Lady Chiltern's humiliation(D) Sir Robert's fortune