Lesson C01.2.6

C01.2.6 An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde) Quiz: OCR English Literature, Unit 1

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Lesson C01.2.6, An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde): 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR English Literature (H472), Unit 1: Component 01: Drama and poetry pre-1900, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What secret past misdeed threatens Sir Robert Chiltern's political career?

    • Embezzling public funds
    • Bribing a judge
    • Selling a state secret
    • Committing fraud

  2. Which character attempts to blackmail Sir Robert Chiltern with an incriminating letter?

    • Lady Chiltern
    • Mrs Cheveley
    • Lady Markby
    • Mabel Chiltern

  3. What ideal does Lady Chiltern demand her husband strictly uphold throughout their marriage?

    • Financial transparency
    • Total political obedience
    • Unwavering social obedience
    • Perfect moral perfection

  4. Which witty dandy character acts as Oscar Wilde's primary ideological mouthpiece in the play?

    • Sir Robert Chiltern
    • Lord Goring
    • Mr Montford
    • Lord Caversham

  5. What stolen object does Lord Goring use to trap and silence Mrs Cheveley?

    • A pearl necklace
    • A silver bracelet
    • A gold watch
    • A diamond brooch

  6. Which fraudulent financial scheme does Mrs Cheveley press Sir Robert to support?

    • The Panama Canal
    • The Argentine Canal
    • The Suez Canal
    • The Transatlantic Cable

  7. What is the familial relationship between Lord Caversham and Lord Goring?

    • Uncle and nephew
    • Brothers
    • Father and son
    • Cousins

  8. Which character does Mabel Chiltern agree to marry at the end of the play?

    • Sir Robert Chiltern
    • Lord Caversham
    • Vicomte de Nanjac
    • Lord Goring

  9. Which literary archetype is defined by witty banter, stylish aestheticism, and superficial detachment?

    • The New Woman
    • The fallen woman
    • The dandy
    • The melodrama villain

  10. Lady Chiltern's rigid moral expectations of her husband demonstrate which Victorian concept?

    • Fin de siecle
    • Angel in the House
    • Dandyism
    • Aesthetes

  11. Which late nineteenth-century figure best describes Mrs Cheveley's independent and assertive nature?

    • The tragic heroine
    • The New Woman
    • The passive ideal
    • The governess

  12. Sir Robert Chiltern maintaining a respectable public image while hiding corruption illustrates which theme?

    • Romantic idealism
    • Feudal duty
    • Imperial triumph
    • Victorian hypocrisy

  13. Lord Goring's witty, seemingly contradictory statement about self-love is an example of what literary device?

    • A pathetic fallacy
    • An epigram
    • An extended metaphor
    • A dramatic monologue

  14. Which theatrical genre provides the structural foundation of secret letters and blackmail in the play?

    • Absurdist drama
    • Well-made play
    • Kitchen sink realism
    • Classical tragedy

  15. Mabel Chiltern rejecting an ideal husband in favour of a real human being conveys what message?

    • Politics ruins virtue
    • Marriage limits freedom
    • Wealth guarantees happiness
    • Love requires forgiveness

  16. Lord Goring's careful selection of a pink carnation symbolises which movement's focus on artifice?

    • Naturalism
    • Realism
    • Romanticism
    • Aestheticism

  17. What political office does Sir Robert Chiltern hold at the start of An Ideal Husband?

    • Home Secretary
    • Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
    • Chancellor of the Exchequer
    • Prime Minister

  18. Who ultimately destroys Sir Robert Chiltern's incriminating letter in Act IV?

    • Lord Goring
    • Sir Robert Chiltern
    • Lady Chiltern
    • Mrs Cheveley

  19. Why does Sir Robert Chiltern decide to remain in politics at the play's resolution?

    • The King commands him
    • Lady Chiltern urges him
    • Lord Caversham threatens him
    • Mrs Cheveley forces him

  20. Who initially taught Sir Robert Chiltern that wealth and power were the only true goals in life?

    • Baron Arnheim
    • Lord Goring
    • Mr Montford
    • Lord Caversham

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