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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the code-phrase that Amanda and Elyot decide to use to stop all arguments?
(a) Sullivan Isaacs.
(b) Solomon Isaacs.
(c) Solomon's privacy.
(d) Private lives.

2. In what building does Act I take place?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A casino.
(c) Amanda's flat.
(d) A restaurant.

3. Who is the oldest character of the four introduced in Act I?
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Elyot.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Victor.

4. Why do Amanda and Elyot choose to flee to Amanda's flat?
(a) It is in the country.
(b) Victor does not know where it is.
(c) It is where Amanda and Elyot used to live together.
(d) It is back home.

5. To where do Elyot and Amanda plan to run away?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) The Taj Mahal.
(d) Tokyo.

6. To whom does this statement refer? "I can't bear to think I'm married to such rugged grandeur."
(a) Elyot.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Victor.

7. In which country is Act I set?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

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

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

10. What time is it, specifically, at the top of Act I?
(a) 5:00 p.m.
(b) 6:00 p.m.
(c) 8:00 p.m.
(d) 10:00 p.m.

11. What memory do Amanda and Elyot reminisce over after their spouses have left in Act 1?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Ice skating.
(c) Traveling the world.
(d) Walking around London.

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

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

14. According to Elyot, how does he feel about Amanda?
(a) He despises and pities her.
(b) He is indifferent toward her.
(c) He is still angry at her.
(d) He loves her.

15. In Act I, Sibyl asks Elyot about Amanda. According to Elyot, what does Amanda do beautifully that Sibyl can not do?
(a) Organize.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Play piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Elyot and Sibyl plan to eat dinner?

2. What does Elyot say that Amanda initially resists?

3. What do both Amanda and Elyot express a mild appreciation for, to the shock of their spouses?

4. When Sibyl and Victor leave, what do Amanda and Elyot do with the cocktails?

5. What does Amanda tell Victor about Elyot's presence?

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