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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Amanda call Victor in Act 1?
(a) Not a gentleman.
(b) A "pompous ass."
(c) A windbag.
(d) A weak man.

3. When Sibyl and Victor leave, what do Amanda and Elyot do with the cocktails?
(a) Amanda throws her drink on Elyot.
(b) They drink both sets of cocktails.
(c) They share the ones on Elyot's side and toast the new spouses.
(d) They dump the drinks out.

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

5. What time of day does the first act take place?
(a) Evening.
(b) Night.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Louise?

2. What does Elyot accuse Sibyl of being?

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

4. What does Amanda suggest she and Elyot do if their spouses find them?

5. During their first period of silence, what do Amanda and Elyot do?

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