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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Sibyl do that Amanda cannot?
(a) Swim.
(b) Play piano.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

2. When he starts getting angry, what does Amanda accuse Elyot of being?
(a) Idiotic.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Drunk.

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

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

5. What reason does Amanda give when she tries to convince Victor that they need to leave the hotel?
(a) The hotel is not comfortable enough.
(b) Her sister is waiting for them in Paris.
(c) She has had a premonition of a natural disaster.
(d) Her sister died in a horrible accident nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sibyl's nickname for Elyot?

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

3. Who says, "Flippancy brings out the acid in their damned sweetness and light."

4. What does Elyot call Sibyl?

5. What is prominently displayed in Amanda's flat?

(see the answer key)

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