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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elyot believe is the cruelest thing he and Amanda could do?
(a) Stay in the hotel together.
(b) Abandon their spouses.
(c) Never see each other again.
(d) Stay with their spouses and pretend to love them.

2. What does Sibyl dislike?
(a) Nosy people.
(b) Overly witty people.
(c) Masculine women.
(d) Overly masculine men.

3. What is the view from the terrace?
(a) A casino.
(b) The water reflecting the lights of a nearby yacht.
(c) A wedding.
(d) Ocean waves crashing.

4. What does Amanda do when she realizes Elyot is in the hotel?
(a) She clutches her throat in shock.
(b) She runs inside.
(c) She walks over to his side of the terrace.
(d) She asks him for a cigarette.

5. According to Amanda, what rules her life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Chance.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elyot tell Amanda before he tries to leave the terrace?

2. What separates the two terraces in the first scene?

3. What does Elyot say that Amanda initially resists?

4. Which character says "I like a man to be a man?"

5. What genre of play is "Private Lives?"

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