Private Lives Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Private Lives Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sibyl want to avoid?
(a) The beach.
(b) Swimming.
(c) A sunburn.
(d) Tiring herself out.

2. Who says, "I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives?"
(a) Elyot.
(b) Sibyl.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Victor.

3. How long were Elyot and Amanda married?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) They were never married.
(d) Five years.

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

5. Where did Elyot and Amanda spend their honeymoon?
(a) The Taj Mahal.
(b) Paris.
(c) Lyon.
(d) St. Mortiz.

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

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

8. What does Elyot say that Amanda initially resists?
(a) Elyot tells Amanda that he is in love with Sibyl.
(b) Elyot tells Amanda that he loves her.
(c) Elyot swears that she will never see him again.
(d) Elyot says that he will leave the hotel.

9. What does Elyot and Amanda conclude about their past relationship?
(a) They had many wonderful times together.
(b) They had nothing but terrible times in their lives together.
(c) Their relationship was not nearly as passionate as they remember.
(d) Their relationship was perfect.

10. What is heard off-stage when the play starts?
(a) A small orchestra.
(b) Birds chirping.
(c) Elyot and Sibyl arguing.
(d) The ocean waves.

11. How do Amanda and Elyot realize that they are sharing a terrace in the hotel?
(a) Elyot sees Amanda with her new husband.
(b) Amanda hears Elyot shouting at Sibyl.
(c) Amanda hears Elyot singing one of their favorite songs.
(d) Amanda asks Elyot for a cigarette.

12. What is Sibyl's nickname for Elyot?
(a) Elli.
(b) She dooes not have a nickname for him.
(c) Husband.
(d) Lettie.

13. What does Elyot call Sibyl?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Adulterous.
(d) Overly dependent.

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

15. When fighting with Sibyl, what does Elyot say infuriates him more than anything?
(a) Drunkeness.
(b) Stubborness.
(c) Being weak-willed.
(d) Gullibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elyot believe is the cruelest thing he and Amanda could do?

2. What does Amanda say they must do before they leave for Paris?

3. In Act I, Sibyl asks Elyot about Amanda. According to Elyot, what does Amanda do beautifully that Sibyl can not do?

4. What time of day does the first act take place?

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

(see the answer keys)

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