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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other option presented for Amanda and Elyot if they choose to not run away?
(a) They will divorce their spouses and reconnect a year later.
(b) They will have a discreet affair.
(c) They will divorce their spouses.
(d) They will never see each other again.

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

3. What does Elyot accuse Sibyl of being?
(a) Manipulative.
(b) Adulterous.
(c) Overly dependent.
(d) Drunk.

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

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

6. What does Elyot tell Amanda that comforts her?
(a) Elyot tells Amanda that she holds no mystery for him.
(b) Elyot tells Amanda that Sibyl is a good woman.
(c) Elyote tells Amanda that she is doing the right thing.
(d) Elyot tells Amanda that Victor will take care of her.

7. Where do Elyot and Sibyl plan to eat dinner?
(a) The yacht.
(b) The hotel.
(c) The terrace.
(d) The casino.

8. 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 singing one of their favorite songs.
(c) Amanda hears Elyot shouting at Sibyl.
(d) Amanda asks Elyot for a cigarette.

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

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

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

12. Which character says "I like a man to be a man?"
(a) Victor.
(b) Sibyl.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Elyot.

13. Where do Amanda and Victor plan to eat dinner?
(a) The yacht.
(b) The hotel.
(c) The casino.
(d) The terrace.

14. Before Sibyl storms off the terrace in Act 1, what does Elyot tell her?
(a) Elyot regrets marrying her.
(b) Elyot loves her.
(c) Amanda is staying next door to them.
(d) Elyot hopes she chokes on her dinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Amanda and Elyot been divorced at the start of the play?

2. What does Elyot call Sibyl?

3. What does Sibyl dislike?

4. What appears to be one of Elyot's pastimes?

5. In Act I, where do the honeymooning couples plan to spend their first night together?

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