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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What genre of play is "Private Lives?"
(a) Comedy of manners.
(b) Theatre of the absurd.
(c) Theatre of cruelty.
(d) Comedy of errors.

2. What is prominently displayed in Amanda's flat?
(a) A bar.
(b) A bed.
(c) A harp.
(d) A piano.

3. What happens to Amanda's apartment during the final fight?
(a) The front door is broken off the hinges.
(b) Furniture is tipped over and objects are thrown all over.
(c) Brandy is splashed all over the carpet.
(d) The piano is shoved across the room and into a wall.

4. How do Elyot and Victor react to each others' queries as to who is in love with Amanda?
(a) Victor admits he loves Amanda.
(b) Elyot admits that he loves Amanda.
(c) Both men admit they love Amanda.
(d) Neither can say that they are in love with Amanda.

5. What does Amanda and Elyot short their code to stop arguing to?
(a) Sol Isaacs.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Isaacs Sol.
(d) Sollocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the orchestra keep doing in Act 1?

2. After the phone call, Amanda is worrying about her future with Elyot and what should happen when their spouses find them. What does Elyot urge her to do to calm her fears?

3. Before Sibyl storms off the terrace in Act 1, what does Elyot tell her?

4. What does Elyot refer to as "laughable?"

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

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