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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Elyot and Amanda spend their honeymoon?
2. Why do Amanda and Elyot choose to flee to Amanda's flat?
3. What is heard off-stage when the play starts?
4. How do Amanda and Elyot realize that they are sharing a terrace in the hotel?
5. What do both Amanda and Elyot express a mild appreciation for, to the shock of their spouses?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Victor and Sibyl's attitudes on the subject of their spouses' previous marriage?
2. When Elyot implores Sibyl that they must leave the hotel, Sibyl is uncharacteristically firm and stubborn about staying. What happened throughout the act that may have given her more of a backbone?
3. In Act I, Amanda proclaims to Victor that women should hold some mystery. Later, Elyot tells her that she holds no mystery for him and she responds that she is glad. Why?
4. Why would Victor say to Amanda that she was frightening him?
5. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?
6. Elyot remarks to Sibyl that, "Apart from loving me and all that, you must have plans." What does he mean by that and why would he accuse Sibyl of it?
7. Why do Amanda and Elyot choose Paris to run away to?
8. What does Elyot mean when he claims that he and Amanda were too in love for their relationship to last?
9. What is Amanda's outlook on the violence in her previous marriage that is so shocking to Victor?
10. When discussing the possibility of getting a sunburn, Amanda remarks to Victor, "I did so hope our honeymoon was going to be progressive" in response to his declaration that he could not love her anymore than he already does. What does this statement portend about Amanda's views on relationships, particularly her marriage to Victor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Amanda and Elyot appear to be stuck in a never-ending cycle of love and hate. Is this tragic, comedic, or both? Why? Is it within the grasp of their character to be able to escape? Do you believe they want to escape? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Amanda and Elyot speak about how they used to slap each other around, culminating in a knock-down, drag-out fight at the end of Act II. What is the point of the physical violence in this play? Could the play have existed without the final fight at the end of Act II? What does it show about the characters?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Sibyl's reaction to meeting Amanda and vice versa.
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