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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 the orchestra keep doing in Act 1?
(a) The orchestra stops playing in the middle of every song.
(b) The orchestra keeps playing unnerving music.
(c) The orchestra keeps playing Amanda and Elyot's song.
(d) The orchestra keeps making mistakes.

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

3. What does Amanda forbid Victor from doing?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Going to look for Elyot.
(c) Mentioning Elyot's name.
(d) Smoking.

4. What does Amanda tell Victor she did to Elyot while they were married?
(a) Amanda threw furniture at Elyot.
(b) Amanda threw Elyot out of their house.
(c) Amanda cheated on Elyot.
(d) Amanda broke four records over Elyot's head.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character says, "Love is no use unless it's wise, and kind, and undramatic?"

3. What does Elyot accuse Sibyl of being?

4. What is Victor's nickname for his new wife?

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

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