Pre- analysis quiz to check on the students' knowledge of the text

1. An Ideal Husband
Quiz 1

2. Section A: the play

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 4. If for Lord Goring nothing ages like
happiness, one must live for
(A) Love
(B) Glory
(C) Pleasure
(D) Buttonholes

7. 5. In Act IV, Lord Goring remarks that
he prefers what to principles?
(A) Love
(B) Glory
(C) Pleasure
(D) Prejudices

8. 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

9. 7. When Mrs. Cheveley first appears in
Act I, she is dressed in what color?
(A) Black
(B) Mauve
(C) Cantaloupe
(D) Heliotrope

10. 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

11. 9. What is the name of Mabel foiled
suitor?
(A) Tommy Trafalgar
(B) Tommy Trafford
(C) Tommy Trafler
(D) Tommy Tykwer

12. 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

13. 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

14. 12. What is the name of Lord Goring's
butler?
(A) Phipps
(B) Lipps
(C) Harold
(D) Mason

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 17. Lady Chiltern's note to Lord Goring
appears on what colored paper?
(A) Mauve
(B) Heliotrope
(C) Pink
(D) Lilac

20. 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

21. 19. Lord Goring describes Mrs.
Cheveley as a daytime genius and
nighttime …..?
(A) General
(B) Genie
(C) Beast
(D) Beauty

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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