Private Lives Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Private Lives Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Amanda and Elyot realize that they are sharing a terrace in the hotel?
(a) Elyot sees Amanda with her new husband.
(b) Amanda hears Elyot shouting at Sibyl.
(c) Amanda asks Elyot for a cigarette.
(d) Amanda hears Elyot singing one of their favorite songs.

2. What genre of play is "Private Lives?"
(a) Comedy of manners.
(b) Theatre of the absurd.
(c) Comedy of errors.
(d) Theatre of cruelty.

3. How long were Elyot and Amanda married?
(a) Three years.
(b) They were never married.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

4. What is Elyot's reaction to Amanda's first violent action?
(a) Elyot slaps her in the face.
(b) Elyot breaks a record over her head.
(c) Elyot pushes her across the room.
(d) Elyot tries to call out their code.

5. What rattles Amanda and Elyot's new-found cheer?
(a) A knock on the door.
(b) A telegram from Victor.
(c) A noise on the balcony.
(d) The telephone ringing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed between Act I and Act II?

2. What does Elyot do to Amanda to calm her when she starts to panic about leaving?

3. What does Amanda do when she realizes Elyot is in the hotel?

4. What does Elyot say that Amanda initially resists?

5. What is heard off-stage when the play starts?

(see the answer key)

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