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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amanda tell Victor in the first act that frightens him?
(a) Amanda wishes to gamble all night.
(b) Amanda claims to be unreliable and complex.
(c) Amanda plans to run away with Elyot.
(d) Amanda wants to get a sunburn on the beach.

2. What separates the two terraces in the first scene?
(a) A line of trees.
(b) A wrought-iron fence.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A brick wall.

3. What reason is given for the first time Elyot struck Amanda during their marriage?
(a) Amanda's curling irons burned a hole in Elyot's new dressing gown.
(b) Elyot caught Amanda with an admirer.
(c) Amanda struck Elyot first.
(d) Amanda tries to leave Elyot.

4. Who says, "Heaven preserve me from nice women?"
(a) Amanda.
(b) Elyot.
(c) Victor.
(d) Sibyl.

5. What brings about the first use of Amanda and Elyot's special code?
(a) Amanda thinks Elyot has had too much to drink.
(b) Amanda reveals that she was not celibate after the divorce.
(c) Amanda tells Elyot he should call Sibyl.
(d) Amanda talks about Victor's good qualities.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the play, who is fighting?

2. What is Victor's conclusion about Amanda's feelings for him?

3. What memory do Amanda and Elyot reminisce over after their spouses have left in Act 1?

4. In Act I, Sibyl asks Elyot about Amanda. According to Elyot, what does Amanda do beautifully that Sibyl can not do?

5. How do Amanda and Elyot realize that they are sharing a terrace in the hotel?

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